About the role
Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) Internship Overview
Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.
AbbVie's HEOR Team is a premier research group that has been widely recognized for its scientific expertise and leadership. Combining multiple scientific disciplines to generate cutting-edge evidence, the HEOR team supports AbbVie's scientific strategies and demonstrates the value of innovative treatments, shaping health care decision making to improve patient care. HEOR-driven research helps with:
Informing strategic decisions aimed at ensuring that patients can access and benefit from appropriate therapies in a timely manner.
Developing and guiding pricing/reimbursement strategies based on evaluation of public health policy, the reimbursement environment, and clinical, economic, and patient-centered outcomes data.
Leveraging innovative research approaches and partnerships to maximize the use of RWE and patient-centric outcomes research for informing internal and external decisions that positively impact patient lives.
Enhancing the patient voice by leveraging patient self-reported/digital health-driven outcomes in clinical trial and real-world settings to further understand the unmet needs and establish value of innovative treatments.
HEOR interns will work in a matrix organization with global cross-functional partners which further enables understanding of generating evidence that addresses global and local affiliate needs. Interns will support efforts for on-market or pipeline assets in one or more disease states within the areas of Immunology, Oncology, Neuroscience, Eye Care, General Medicine, and Aesthetics.
The internship will take place in-person at AbbVie's office in Mettawa, IL.
Key responsibilities include:
Conducting literature reviews, patient-reported outcomes studies, retrospective claims or electronic medical records database analyses, prospective observational studies, economic model development, and meta-analysis.
Conceptualizing research plans, protocol development, managing vendors, and writing/presenting results.
Developing analysis plans or study protocols and conducting analyses of internal databases and/or clinical trial data.
Assisting in the creation of scientific materials like slide decks, white papers, abstracts, or manuscripts for disseminating research findings to internal/external audience.
Attending team meetings, department meetings, and cross-functional team meetings to gain a better understanding of the role of HEOR within the biopharmaceutical industries and at AbbVie.
About the company
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
