Grad Co-op – Medical – Industrial Pharmacy Residency Program 2026-2027

Job Description

Job Description
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Grad Co-op – Medical – Industrial Pharmacy Residency Program 2026-2027

Term dates: September 2026 to August 2027

Reports to: Medical Information Lead

Location: Mississauga Flexible Commuter

What you will do
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 areas of Medical Information and Medical Affairs.

The first four months in the co-op assignment will be committed to acquiring knowledge of Amgen’s products and performing duties within the Medical Information department. For the remainder of the co-op assignment, the resident will start assisting on a variety of projects from the Medical Affairs department with the opportunity to contribute to other business functions depending on business needs and timelines. The resident will also maintain availability to assist within the Medical Information department on an ad hoc basis throughout the year. This arrangement will provide the resident with a balance of structure and flexibility to ensure exposure to a variety of scientific activities in different therapeutic areas while also providing opportunity to explore the resident’s own interests.

Responsibilities:

Assist the Medical Information Department in its daily activities and initiatives

Operate with Medical Information Associates and Managers to manage the intake of queries and reports from Canadian patients, HCPs and other inquirers regarding Amgen products

Formulate responses to medical information requests from internal and external stakeholders

Update and develop standard responses in Medical Information content such as slide decks,

Medical Information Letters and Clinical FAQs

Critically appraise published medical literature in the therapeutic areas with which Amgen is involved

Apply documentation skills by utilizing the departments’ inquiry management database

Document adverse events and product complaints as per current standards

Assist the Medical Affairs department in the development and execution of local medical and scientific initiatives and participate on cross-functional teams as appropriate

Support initiatives for both current and upcoming products

Assist with preparation of scientific publications and presentations for internal and external use

Support the development of presentations and other scientific content to address customer needs

Support the development and updates to strategic plans and tools/resources

Develop an understanding of managing Medical Affairs research projects including health economic models, epidemiological studies, clinical trials and real-world evidence

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:

Value, Access & Policy

Regulatory Affairs

Clinical Study Operations

Marketing and other commercial functions

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

Assist in application review, development or update of screening procedures

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

What we expect of you
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

Amgen requires that all individuals applying for a grad internship or a co-op assignment at Amgen must meet the following criteria:

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

All candidates will be subject to the verification of current educational enrollment and a Canadian criminal record check prior to employment.

What you can expect of us
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.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.
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