2026 Summer Internship Program: US Medical Information and Review Intern

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Job Description

The Medical Information & Review team delivers high-quality, balanced, and timely medical and scientific information regarding specific Takeda products, upon the request of internal and external business partners, health care professionals (HCPs) and consumers. Another critical responsibility of this position is to provide medical and scientific review of promotional materials, press releases, sales training communications, and medical materials to support the overall Medical/Regulatory/Legal review process.

The US Medical Information and Review intern will be given exposure to the responsibilities of an entry level position on the Medical Information and Review team, in both medical information and medical review responsibilities.

How You Will Contribute:

As a US Medical Information and Review Intern, you will have the opportunity to…

• Retrieve, analyze and interpret professional and scientific literature to assist in providing medical information to consumers and health care professionals.

• Use a systematic and efficient procedure to retrieve appropriate medical information to assist in answering a request.

• Utilize several types of medical information resources that can be used to satisfy a medical information request.

• Evaluate components of research literature, including study design, methodology, results, conclusions, and clinical significance, for appropriateness, accuracy, and completeness.

• Formulate medical information responses based on requestors’ questions and Takeda's medical information editorial standards.

• Provide medical and scientific review of a medical information response, and promotional/medical material to support the Medical/Regulatory/Legal process.

• Understand the various roles, processes and industry standards involved in providing medical information and review in the pharmaceutical industry setting.

• Develop knowledge of other roles and functions within Medical Affairs and other departments.

• In consultation with the internship supervisor, develop and present at least one structured presentation relevant to Medical Information & Review as well as a journal club presentation.

Internship Development Opportunities:

• The intern will be given exposure to the responsibilities of an entry level position on the Medical Information and Review team.

• The intern will develop scientific writing skills, along with the ability to identify relevant literature results.

• The intern will be able to practice and develop their presentation skills, from development to public speaking.

• The intern will participate in various networking activities to expand their knowledge about pharmaceutical industry.

Job Requirements:

• This position will be Hybrid (1-3 days/week in office) out of the Lexington, MA location

• Must be pursuing a Pharm.D, Ph.D, or MD Degree. Candidate must have completed their P2 year if in a Pharm.D program by the start date of the internship.

• Experience in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Experience performing searches of medical and scientific literature using PubMed and/or Ovid.

For Location:

Lexington, MA

U.S. Hourly Wage Range:

$21.00 - $46.00

EEO Statement

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Locations

Lexington, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Paid Intern (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

No

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