Intern, Medical Innovation

About the role

Haleon, a consumer health company, is offering one internship in the Wider Asia Medical and Scientific Affairs team, focused on Medical Innovation and supporting the innovation programs for Haleon R&D. The intern works under the supervision of the Medical Innovation Lead and collaborates with colleagues from Commercial, Innovation, Manufacturing, Consumer & Product Understanding, Regulatory, Insights and New Product Development. The preferred period is January 2027 to June/July 2027, and the preferred study field is Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy, Life Sciences or Health/Biological Sciences.

Key responsibilities

• Support ongoing innovation projects and workstreams, with details set during onboarding depending on business needs and the trainee's strengths.
• Follow the end-to-end development journey of a claim.
• Be trained on platforms such as ProMotion for preparing, approving and reviewing content.
• Assist in medical communication and external advocacy with healthcare professionals, in team meetings or by face-to-face, virtual, call or mail channels.
• Take part in cross-functional project teams.
• Learn the processes for generating scientific documents such as claim support substantiations, publications and responses to health authorities.
• Understand the benefit-risk process and evaluate a product's safety and efficacy.

Required profile

• Student of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences or Health/Biological Sciences (undergraduates must have completed at least Year 1 when starting).
• Ability to work in a confidential manner, with good interpersonal skills and a proactive attitude to process improvement.
• Awareness of and ability to work within culturally diverse teams.

Required skills

• Proficiency with IT, software and systems, and database systems.
• Presentation skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication and teamwork skills.