Medical Information - Medical Affairs Fellowship

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division
Fort Washington, PA

The McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. develops and markets a broad range of well-known and trusted OTC products in the United States. 

The consumer-based, one-year fellowship provides an opportunity to obtain experiential training in both medical information and medical affairs.  A variety of projects and shadowing experiences are available for fellows interested in gaining additional exposure to the Regulatory Affairs functional area as well.

Medical Information

• Participate on innovative teams that aid in new consumer product development.
• Collect, review, interpret, and disseminate medical information pertinent to J&J’s OTC product lines.
• Develop core skills related to scientific exchange, medical materials development, customer communications, and medical content review.
• Build relationships with internal and external business partners.
• Improve scientific writing skills by authoring medical information response documents and escalated medical information requests.
• Utilize critical thinking and clinical knowledge to develop fair and balanced communications of product information.
• Improve verbal communication skills through delivery of scientific presentations and journal club presentations.
• Participate in promotional review committee to ensure that data included are appropriately medically supported in promotional materials.

Medical Affairs

• Participate on multifunctional medical team that includes:  Regulatory Affairs, Medical & Drug information, Global Medical Safety, Research & Development and Clinical Operations. 
• Participate in analysis and interpretation of clinical study data.
• Learn how to identify and address potential medical issues and ensure implementation of risk-management strategies.
• Participate in the development of medical strategies for company products.
• Assist in the development of medical content for congresses, symposia, and advisory boards.
• Provide medical support (medical training and education) to Marketing and Sales.

Other Opportunities

• Ability to work one on one with Regulatory professionals on a variety of Regulatory projects.  
• Ability to network with pharmacists through a variety of resource groups within the J&J organization including but not limited to a Pharmacist’s Network and a PharmD Annual Summit.

Current Fellows

Jaroslav (Jarko) Homola, PharmD
Northeastern University, Class of 2019
jhomola@usciences.edu

 

 

Krishna Patel, PharmD
University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Class of 2020
kpatel3000@usciences.edu