Pharmacy Intern, Managed Care Formulary Strategy (PharmD student)

Help shape the clinical and strategic work that supports formulary decision-making. As a Pharmacy Intern, you’ll work alongside experienced professionals while gaining exposure to pharmacy benefit management, drug evaluation, and healthcare market dynamics. You’ll use data, clinical insights, and new ideas to support strategies that improve affordability, access, and care.

Work with pharmacists, clinical strategists, and business partners while learning pharmacy benefit management, drug evaluation, and healthcare market dynamics.

• →Support the review and analysis of medications across therapeutic categories.
• →Research new drug launches, pipeline products, and emerging clinical trends.
• →Collect, organize, and summarize clinical, financial, and market information for formulary strategy discussions.
• →Prepare presentations, reports, and other materials for internal stakeholders.
• →Analyze formulary and utilization data to identify trends and potential opportunities.
• →Participate in cross-functional meetings with clinical, strategy, account management, and operations partners.
• →Support special projects related to formulary management, pipeline monitoring, and clinical program development.
• →Contribute to process improvement and knowledge management initiatives.

• Candidates must be enrolled as full-time Doctor of Pharmacy degree students in an ACPE-accredited school or college of pharmacy, ideal candidate will be a rising PharmD 3 student, between the second and third professional years when the internship starts. 
• Interest in managed care, formulary management and development, and pharmacy strategy. 
• Able to review details, solve problems, and explain findings in clear terms. 
• Strong writing and speaking skills. Able to work on your own and with a team. 
• Able to plan your work, meet due dates, and act on feedback. 
• Basic skills with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. 

• Coursework in drug therapy, health economics, epidemiology, managed care, or a related field. 
• Experience with research, data review, or literature reviews. 
• Knowledge of drug development, care guidelines, pharmacy benefits, or formulary concepts.
• Experience with managed care and health plan PBMs, a plus