Commercial Haematology Intern Review

Item: Commercial Haematology Intern at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Placement (10 Months+)

Pharmaceutical, Marketing

London

Review Submitted: July 2024

Overall Rating

5 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

My role was in the Commercial Hematology team supporting the launch of a new therapy.
My work was more project based starting with supporting country teams with their launch readiness. Then I moved into project managing the development of Patient Support material. I then worked on preparing for 2 International Congresses where Vertex had a commercial presence before finishing with working on developing an HCP website and other HCP material.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given lots of responsibility and empowered by colleagues to work on my own projects.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

At my time at Vertex I learnt many new skills both technical skills and soft skills including Project management, Communication, Presentation, Vendor Management, Veeva Matrix, Pharmaceutical marketing, Product Knowledge, Hematology and much more

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I received lots of support and guidance from my manager and team members. Everyone on the Heme team was very approachable and kind.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Company culture was great and included 'Wellness Wednesday's' where you would get an extended lunch break every Wednesday and regular social hours where everyone would get together after work for drinks and food.
The general atmosphere was great

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

Overall, I really enjoyed my placement. I was given the freedom to try out different areas of Commercial including Marketing, Project management and Patient support which really gave me a holistic understanding of how a new therapy is commercialized and what I should explore after I graduate.
A highlight of my placement was working on an International Congress and then going out to Madrid to attend it in-person which was an amazing experience!