Ironwood- Medical Scientific Affairs Postdoctoral Research Fellow

## Ironwood
- Medical Scientific Affairs Postdoctoral Research Fellow Apply:
Boston, MA (Main Campus):
Full time:
Posted Today:
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** About the Opportunity**## About the Opportunity Northeastern University Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowships Program is a two-year experiential program designed to advance lifelong learning and the education and training of Pharm.

D. graduates. A key element of the program’s success is preparing Fellows to meet evolving workforce needs across various sectors of the pharmaceutical industry.
Fellows have the opportunity to work closely with our innovative biopharmaceutical industry partners, while engaging with Northeastern University faculty in professional and career development, teaching, service, and scholarly activities.
In partnership with Northeastern University, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is offering a two-year Medical Scientific Affairs fellowship, based in Boston, Massachusetts.## About Ironwood Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IRWD), is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing therapies for people living with gastrointestinal (GI) and rare diseases. Ironwood is advancing apraglutide, a next-generation, long-acting synthetic GLP-2 analog being developed for patients with short bowel syndrome who are dependent on parenteral support.

Ironwood has also been a pioneer in the development of LINZESS (linaclotide), the U.S. branded prescription market leader for adults with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) or chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) and pediatric patients with IBS-C or functional constipation (FC).Founded in 1998, Ironwood is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional operations in Basel, Switzerland.## Responsibilities The Medical Scientific Affairs (MSA) fellowship is designed to provide the fellow with experience as an integrated member of the MSA team, contributing to strategic medical initiatives while developing competencies in core areas of MSA functions, such as
** Publications and Scientific Communications**,
** Field Medical Affairs** (Medical Science Liaison),
** Medical Information**,
** Medical Education**, and
** Evidence Generation.
** The fellow will work closely with colleagues across MSA and other functional areas, including clinical development, regulatory, patient safety, commercial, data sciences, and legal. The fellow will also gain exposure to external partner interactions, vendor oversight, and opportunities to precept PharmD Co-Op students.
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* Job Duties:

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* · Contribute to the development and maintenance of Ironwood Medical Scientific Affairs strategic plans.
· Work cross-functionally internally (commercial, medical writing, regulatory, legal, etc.) to provide subject matter expertise for medical strategy planning and content development.
· Collaborate cross-functionally to provide key MSA deliverables, such as the scientific communication platforms, publications strategy and medical communication strategy.
· Develop various types of internally or externally facing evidence-based medical content for symposia, training material and other MSA materials.
· Cross-functional collaboration to ensure strategic alignment, medical accuracy, evidence-based representation of Ironwood GI products in US and partnered regions.
· Generate medical insights from the perspectives of the patients and providers to support development of strategic plans.
· Participate in insight gathering activities
· Contribute to the maintenance of key medical information deliverables, including creation and updates FAQ documents and any required custom responses.
· Provide comprehensive training with respect to disease state(s) and product(s) and/or investigational agents to which fellow will be assigned.
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