2026 Summer Internship Program: Global Manufacturing Science – Small Molecule API Intern

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Job Description

Our mission is to create an agile and predictive scientific and technical organization supporting manufacturing and supply of Takeda portfolio products and collaborating with R&D/Pharmaceutical Sciences on enabling late phase development and industrializing commercial manufacturing of new innovative medicines for our patients around the world through robust CMC processes. Global Manufacturing Science is a part of Global Manufacturing and Supply and is based in Boston.

How you will contribute:

• Support the commercial manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients/drug substances through the review of relevant documents and compile certain parameters in excel sheet

• Perform statistical tools including digital tools designed for the purpose

• Contribute to manufacturing investigation through collecting the relevant information from the documents provided

• Assess the quality and regulatory impact in line with the guidelines

Internship Development Opportunities:

• How to learn and apply regulatory principles of commercial manufacturing in pharmaceutical industry

• Approaches to solving real-world problems in commercial manufacturing using Digital and statistical tools

• Methodologies in using real-world evidence (RWE) to help deliver medicines to patients globally

• Exposure to professional environment and development of commercial settings

Job Requirements:

• This position will be Hybrid and require 2-3 days in the Cambridge office per week.

• Applicants must be enrolled in a U.S. accredited university for the semester before and immediately following the internship.

• Applicants must be pursuing a Bachelor’s degree and have completed at least their freshman/sophomore year or be a graduate level student pursuing either a PharmD or Master’s degree

• For Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students, a major in healthcare, pharmacy or life science field is preferred.

For Location:

Boston, MA

U.S. Hourly Wage Range:

$21.00 - $46.00

EEO Statement

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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Paid Intern (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

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