2025 Summer Internship - Open Innovation Part-Time

Kyowa Kirin is a fastgrowing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies stateoftheart biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four disease areas: bone and mineral; intractable hematologic; hematology oncology; and rare disease. A Japanbased company our goal is to translate science into smiles by delivering therapies where no adequate treatments currently exist working from drug discovery to product development and commercialization. In North America we are headquartered in Princeton NJ with offices in California North Carolina and Mississauga Ontario.

Open Innovation Intern

The Open Innovation Department is dedicated to identifying evaluating and securing external opportunities for collaboration and partnership. Our mission is to grow Kyowa Kirins internal pipeline by sourcing innovative assets technologies and expertise from biotech companies academic institutions and other external partners. We drive the integration of external innovation with our internal Research and Development (R&D) to accelerate the development of breakthrough medicines and technologies.

The Open Innovation Intern will play a key role in supporting the departments efforts to scout assess and execute external collaboration opportunities. This internship offers handson experience at the intersection of science and business providing exposure to strategic decisionmaking partnership development and the pharmaceutical innovation ecosystem.

This position is a paid parttime temporary internship eligible to rising juniors or rising seniors within a commutable distance of La Jolla CA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the search and evaluation of external opportunities including new technologies assets and partnership prospects in biotech and academia.
• Conduct scientific and business landscape analyses to identify trends unmet needs and potential collaborators.
• Participate in partnership meetings assist in preparing meeting materials and document outcomes and next steps.
• Evaluate external opportunities by integrating scientific merit strategic fit and business considerations.
• Perform database searches and maintain uptodate records of potential opportunities and ongoing projects.
• Develop and refine search and evaluation strategies in collaboration with the Open Innovation team.
• Prepare presentations and reports for internal stakeholders to facilitate decisionmaking.
• Assist with other related activities to support the departments objectives.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Currently pursuing undergraduate degree in chemistry biology biotechnology or a related scientific field required.
• Previous internship or project experience in biomedical research or drug development in cell/gene therapy or antibody drug conjugates or familiarity with related technologies preferred
• Proficient in MS Office Suite.
• Demonstrated ability to organize prioritize meet deadlines make decisions and change course of action quickly.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Strong work ethic is required. Detail oriented and excellent follow through.
• Interns are preferred to be able to work from May 27^th to August 15^th 2024 but this is flexible based on students availability
• Candidates must have a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Candidates must be able to work 2024 hours per week
• Candidates must live within a commutable distance to La Jolla CA and be able to work hybrid or onsite as needed
• This position requires that candidates be able to work in the United States on a permanent and ongoing basis without sponsorship

KKNA and all of its employees have an obligation to act in accordance with the law and with integrity in all our operations and interactions

This is a parttime role of 2024 hours per week. The hourly rate for this role is from $21.00; actual hourly rate will vary and may be above or below this range commensurate with various factors including but not limited to experience education training and merit.

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