March, 2014 - Issue 1

LBS Healthcare Club Newsletter

In this issue:

SWISS TREK 2014

18-20th Feburary 2014 Basel - Switzerland
Held in idyllic Basel (Switzerland) between 18-20th Feb 2014. 16 Students from LBS had the opportunity to meet with five innovative healthcare companies: Actelion, Boston Scientific, Novartis, Nestle & Roche Diagnostics. Visiting these companies highlighted the breadth of opportunities within the healthcare industry and the diversity of people within it. The students also had the opportunity to interact with LBS alumni working in Basel and gained an invaluable insight into working within healthcare after LBS. LBS Healthcare club: one of the largest and most active professional clubs on campus. Our activities encompass all Life Sciences areas including healthcare provision, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals & medical technology.

Swiss Trek 2014 Novartis Trek UK Careers in Health Upcoming events Job Opportunities Hot Topics

NOVARTIS TREK UK
Novartis is a global leader in health care. LBS Healthcare Club ran its first ever Novartis UK Career Trek on 28th February 2014. We had an overwhelming interest from LBS students. Novartis kindly extended their welcome to accommodate us all and 19 Students had this amazing opportunity to visit their complex in Frimley Business Park. The day was thoughtfully tailored for our students and consisted of sessions with accomplished business leaders within various department (such as haematology, oncology and criti-

cal care )at Novartis UK. We also had the opportunity to net- http://clubs.london.edu/healthcare/ work with hiring managers and learn about Novartis' UK business first-hand. healthcareclub@london.edu

Basel: SWISS TREK 2014

INTERVIEW WITH A NOVARTIS INTERN Priyanka Kashyap:pkashyap.mba2014@london.edu

across the world and second was getting a sense of the dynamics of working in the

headquarters of a large corporation. I believe Q: Where did you intern and why? A: I interned both lessons were very valuable. at the Novartis in Basel. I wanted to work with Q: Most challenging aspect ? A: PerNovartis as they are one of the leading sonally, I found the pace of work very healthcare companies and I really liked the team different when working within a large when I met them during the Healthcare Swiss global company versus when working Trek in 2013. The project itself was very inter- in consulting (my previous experience). esting as it looked at trends in healthcare by It is useful to plan your project to acfocusing on a few countries representing differ- count for the dependency on others ent healthcare systems and economies. within the organization. My manager Q: Most valuable thing you gained? A: There are was very supportive and helpful so it two important things that I learned during the was much easier to complete the prointernship. One was developing a strong under- ject as planned but it can sometimes be a standing of the different healthcare systems challenge.
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CAREERS IN HEALTH

March, 2014 - Issue 1

LBS Healthcare Club Newsletter

Healthcare Club Events
Lunch & Learn: 11 March 2014, 11.10am 12.40pm, LBS Peer to peer learning session focusing on Pharma. We will hear from fellow students having worked in J&J, L.E.K. as well as the Indian healthcare system. Venture Capital In Health Care: 17 March 2014, 6:45pm 8:15pm , LBS Join us for this focused discussion with healthcare specialising venture capital firms Octopus, Imperial Innovations and Amadeus. Find out where the investment is flowing, what areas are taking off, what a typical healthcare start -up has to do to be successful and what the future looks like. David Vaux on Healthcare Investing and Management: 11 April 2014, Breakfast Session - 8am, LBS David Vaux is an LBS alumni and an independent chairman of Genesis Care Pty Ltd. David Vaux has built and successfully sold an elderly care (amity) and radiology (i -MED) business as boss of DCA Group Ltd. Currently, on the board of directors for Genesis Care a company which is involved in cardiology and radiological oncology. Genesis care is part owned by KKR (a private equity firm). He will be leading a stimulating discussion on challenges, opportunities and lessons learned in healthcare investments and management. Big Data on Pharma: 14 April 2014 Big Data to Capture Efficiency and Increase Transparency: 19 May 2014 Big Data trek - Catalan: 21 23 May 2014 http://clubs.london.edu/healthcare/events/

UPCOMING EVENTS

External Events
Global Health & Innovation Conference: 12-13 April 2014, Yale University The NICE Annual Conference 2014 : 13-14 May 2014, The ICC- Birmingham Health+Care 2014 Conference: 25-26 June 2014, Excel- London mHealth World & Telehealth Congress: 22-24 July 2014, Boston. M. Healthcare Efficiency through Technology Expo : 24 Sept 2014, Olympia London

Via LBS Career Central

March Deadlines
Johnson & Johnson Turkey: IRDP internship, 14/3/14

JOB POSTINGS

Abbott Laboratories Basel & Prague: Internships,19/3/14 Novartis UK: Various internship opportunities, 14/3/14 GSK: Esprit Commercial Internships, 14/3/14 Bayer: Business Consulting internship , 11/3/14 Kowa Pharmaceuticals: Marketing Strategy internship, 28/3/13

Sugar Tax. The WHO has suggested we www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26432111

should aim to eat less than 5% of our calorific intake in the form of sugar. The WHOs official recommendations remain at 10% at present but policymakers are seeking to minimize our sugar consumption. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-

HIV Research. Researchers at the AIDS

HOT TOPICS

Research Center at Rockefeller University have found that monkeys injected with long acting HIV medication were protected against disease. Could this be translated into humans and improve 26442420 In the UK, Chief Medical Officer Dame adherence to anti-retro viral treatment? www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/health/ Sally Davies has also suggested a sugar injections-provide-durable-protection-againsttax may be needed to help fight rising aids-in-monkeys-studies-find.html obesity levels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health- More exciting news in the fight against
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Second hand smoke. There are no safe

levels of second hand smoke! It was shown that if both parents smoke it can effect a childs health in the future. It is suspected that up to 300 000 kids visit GPs each year in the UK with smoke related illness. British MPs have supported a ban on smoking in cars www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/health/second carrying children. Similar bans are already -success-raises-hope-for-a-way-to-rid-babiesin place in states such as California, some of-hiv.html?_r=0 areas of Canada and Australia .
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