IQVIA Riming Huang, Final year undergraduate, MBiochem in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, A mixture of in-person and remote working
Work Projects The European Thought Leadership team at IQVIA is on the front line of providing the newest insights on the pharma industry to both internal senior management teams and external clients, based on analysis from databases exclusively owned by the company. People in the team may focus on different specific areas, but overall the team covers a very wide range of topics in the pharma industry. During the 10 weeks of internship, I created a COVID-19 therapeutic database and did extensive analysis based on it, performed horizontal and vertical analysis on the results of a survey on health care providers preferences for detailing channels, and carried out comprehensive market analysis on cell/gene therapies. The outputs of these projects were mainly the databases themselves, slide decks and analysis articles, but they will be used in the future for communication and also potentially whitepapers for publishing. Besides, I also had the opportunity to help team members with their projects, e.g. updating slides on AI in healthcare, producing analysis on pipeline products. Despite that most of the internship was remote, I received numerous inductions and training sessions before I worked extensively on the projects. For all projects I did, a team member was there overseeing my progress, that is to say that person could always provide direct guidance should I encounter any problems. Other team members have also been really helpful in both answering trivial questions such as Excel skills and more technical questions such as their personal views on areas in the industry. Besides, the team also arranged video calls for me and a few senior members such that I could get to know how IQVIA works as a whole company. The team has also provided massive support on the social side of the internship: we had weekly meetings as well as
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