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Job Description

About the role:

At Takeda, we are committed to lifelong learning.

To that end, Takeda's summer internship program blends real world experience with an extensive overview of the pharmaceutical industry. Knowledgeable mentors will provide guidance as you gain professional hands-on experience.

The summer internship program is a full-time commitment of 12 weeks and offers a unique perspective into a world-class pharmaceutical company. Our internship program provides you with the opportunity to network with people at Takeda through various planned events and activities.

Please note that Takeda does not provide intern housing or a housing stipend.

Project Outline:

This position is for a remote intern toxicologist in the Drug Safety Research and Evaluation (DSRE) group at Takeda. In this role the candidate will contribute to data collection, storage, and analysis for use in toxicology risk assessments supporting Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Pharmaceutical Sciences, and manufacturing functions within Takeda. This includes toxicology support for impurity qualifications, extractables and leachables, environmental risk assessments (ERA), permitted daily exposure limits (PDEs), and other health-based exposure limits (HBELs).

This position will support programs across Takeda’s therapeutic areas and across all stages of development from early discovery to marketed products. The assessments will involve a broad range of modalities that include small molecules, protein therapeutics, oligonucleotides, and cell therapies.

In this role the candidate is expected to be able to work with minimal supervision on data collection,

storage, and analysis supporting toxicology product risk assessments and to become familiar with regulatory guidance documents and industry trends as they relate to these assessments that support EHS, PharmSci, and manufacturing activities. The person must be scientifically independent and able to articulate implications and risks from toxicology assessments to a broad audience.

The primary duties of this position include the following:

• Collection and curation of data supporting toxicology risk assessments from external and internal sources (including review, updating, and harmonization of existing internal databases/sources into a new central repository)

• Provide support to toxicology product risk assessments for impurities, extractable and leachable, and in silico mutagenicity assessments for drug manufacturing functions

• Provide toxicology components of PDEs, occupational exposure limits (OELs) and other HBELs in support of EHS interface

How you will contribute:

• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal communication and writing skills.

• Deadline-driven with an elevated level of organizational and planning skills.

• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving and conceptual skills.

• Proven record of accomplishment of teamwork, adaptability, innovation, initiative, and integrity.

• Global mindset to grow in a diverse work environment.

• Previous experience in a pharmaceutical setting providing toxicology risk assessments is a plus

Requirements / Qualifications:

• Currently authorized to work in the US (United States) without sponsorship. Takeda does not provide sponsorship for internship positions.

• Available to work full-time (40 hours/week), within the core business hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm, for 12 weeks during the summer months.

• Undergraduate, Graduate, PhD, MD student with completion of a minimum of one year of university studies.

• Must be enrolled in school the semester following your internship with Takeda.

The hourly pay rate range is $19.00 per hour - $37.00 per hour. The final pay rate offered for this internship may consider several factors including, but not limited to, location, skills, education, and experience.

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

Massachusetts - Virtual

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Paid Intern (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Time Type

Full time

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