Grad Co-op

**HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?**

Do more with the knowledge you’re working hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Through this program, you will acquire the valuable hands-on skills and foundational experience to become the professional you are meant to be in your chosen field.

**Grad Co-op - Industrial Pharmacy Residency**:

- **Value, Access & Policy**

Term dates: September 3, 2024 - August 29, 2025

Location: Mississauga Flexible Commuter

**Live**:
**This could be your everyday**

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. During this program, you will join us for an exciting one-year industrial pharmacy residency program. The residency provides a highly self-directed and project-based learning experience for motivated and enthusiastic residents in the area of Value, Access & Policy.

The residency will focus on learning and contributing to the various aspects of the VA&P roles and responsibilities. Projects will vary according to business need in the areas of government affairs, policy & advocacy; contracts & pricing; patient access; health systems strategy & innovation; and health economics & market access. The resident will contribute to developing and executing innovative access & policy solutions to provide Canadians with faster access to innovative medicines that address unmet needs.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assist the VA&P Department in its daily activities and initiatives, including but not limited to:

- Support health economics and market access projects:

- Create and review reimbursement trackers and summaries for various therapeutic areas, including disease areas for new pipeline medications
- Review and summarize Canadian Health Technology Assessment (HTA) agency submission and evaluation status for relevant therapeutic areas
- Conduct quality assurance checks on pharmacoeconomic and budget impact model inputs
- Conduct market and reimbursement landscape analyses
- Assist in the development of reimbursement strategy
- Assist in the preparation of HTA agency and payer submissions
- Develop an understanding of health economic models, epidemiological studies, clinical trials and real-world evidence; and their relevance to HTA bodies
- Assist in the development of policy positions, documents and presentations related to the health care system and access to medicines
- Develop storyboards and presentations to address various needs within the company
- Elevate presentation skills through regular participation in leading meetings and presentations

Learn and build knowledge and proficiency of the pharmaceutical industry by providing support on projects in other business functions, depending on current business needs, which may include collaboration with stakeholders from:

- Regulatory Affairs
- Clinical Study Operations
- Marketing and other commercial functions

Support recruitment activities for Industrial Pharmacy Residents for the following cycle:

- Coordinate the interview process
- Participate in screening and panel interview

Additionally, complete a Major Residency Project relevant to business needs and aligned with the universities Industrial Pharmacy Residency Program Guidelines

**Win**:
**Here’s what it takes to Win**

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The passionate individual we seek is eager to learn with these qualifications:
**Basic Qualifications**
- 18 years or older
- Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 minimum GPA or equivalent
- Completion as a first year graduate student before internship starts and currently enrolled in a PharmD program from an accredited college or university
- Must not be employed at the time the internship starts
- Student must be located in Canada for the duration of the internship OR co-op

**Thrive**

**Some of the vast rewards of working here**

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth in addition to their well-being:

- Build a network of colleagues that will endure and grow throughout your time with us and beyond.
- Bring your authentic self to the table and become the professional you’re inspired to be through accepting a culture that values the diversity of thought and experience and will flex to your strengths and possibilities.
- Participate in executive and social networking events, as well as community volunteer projects.

**for an internship/co-op that defies imagination**:
If you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Join us.