Intern the Otsuka Way: GRA Medical Writing - Otsuka Summer 2023 Internship-

Company: Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Location: Princeton
Posted on: January 28, 2023

Job Description:

Otsuka is a dynamic and vibrant organization made up of motivated individuals we call Otsuka-people-people who have a shared mission for creating new products for better health worldwide. We live by our purpose: defy limitation, so that others can too. This purpose gives meaning to our work and motivates and drives us each day.Otsuka's Internship Program offers meaningful hands on project experiences that impact patient's lives while providing students an opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.The internship program takes a holistic approach to education, in that students acquire both practical, applicable skills, but also gain additional experience in business and innovation as it relates to the pharmaceutical industry and the student's area of study.Students will have the opportunity to learn to navigate the complex matrix and team environment at a global pharmaceutical company, gain the fundamental skills and knowledge in the industry and will also engage in valuable, practical job experience through the internship experience.We have opportunities for you across our business and corporate functions!We're looking for the best candidates out there who want to make a difference in patients lives. Candidates who are hungry, innovative, and ready to make an impact within the Pharmaceutical Industry. Now is your chance to be apart of the innovation!Job DescriptionThe Medical Writing (MW) team is a subset of the Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) department. The MW team prepares clinical documents (eg, trial protocols, clinical study reports, patient narratives, investigator brochures), regulatory documents (eg, IND/NDA summary documents, briefing books, Health Authority response documents), and also leads the Model Document Working Group (MDWG), which is a cross-functional team who manages the development and upkeep of document templates for the global Otsuka R&D organization.We are looking for a motivated self-starter to work with our MDWG on the process for reviewing and updating document templates in our electronic document management system (CREDO). The candidate will also have the opportunity to learn the processes around cross-functional development of scientific documents.The specific project will consist of 2 parts: 1) review of the existing templates in CREDO to eliminate obsolete or duplicate templates and applying consistent naming conventions to the remaining templates. 2) assignment of template "ownership" to functional areas and development of a process/system for documenting future requested template updates.Qualifications/ RequiredKnowledge/ Experience and Skills:---Ability to interpret and organize scientific and clinical documents---Ability to work with cross-functional teams in highly matrixed team environment and collaborate with a wide variety of internal customers---Ability to identify process improvements and contribute to their implementation---Ability to proactively escalate issues and provide solutions to problems.---Excellent computer skills including MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Teams)---Excellent written and verbal skills with keen attention to detail.---Independent worker who embraces change and has a flexible and innovative mindsetEducational QualificationsMinimum:---Undergraduate Student---Interest in Health Science or Scientific Writing preferred---Preferred GPA 3.0+---Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment---Demonstrate ability to think creatively to solve complex problems---Exhibits eagerness to learn and ability to learn quickly#LI-Remote

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