Neurosciences deal with various psychiatric and neurological disorders such as psychoses, mood disorders, dementia, pain, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. A tradition of research dating back
more than 60 years and a range of successful drugs have made J&J Innovative Medicine a leading authority in this domain.
Major depr ...
essive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating and potentially lethal mental pathology that leads tofunctional disablement in affected individuals. On average, 60-70% of patients show a partial to total
relief of their symptoms following a monoaminergic treatment. However, traditional oral antidepressants that target this system still leave 40-30% of patients unresponsive to treatment.
According to the EMA guidelines, patients who do not satisfactorily respond to at least two different oral anti-depressant treatments are considered to have treatment-resistant depression (TRD) *.
Compared with MDD, TRD is associated with seven times higher risk of suicide* and two times higher occurrence of comorbidities*. In Belgium this concerns an estimated 30 000 patients.
In the department of neurosciences we currently have an internship position for: Business Process Improvement Analyst
We want to improve how administration sessions of one of our key brands are scheduled for maximum efficiency of patients’ inflow and optimal hospital staff management. While maximizing the hospital
capacity utilization. This medicine has a flexible posology and requires frequent hospital visits with different frequencies. This creates a logistical challenge for hospitals and their staff. We believe a flexible and customizable Excel Model could help us achieve this goal.
Responsibilities and duties:
- Understand the requirements, parameters, and posology of the product
- Develop an Excel model that would propose optimal ways to schedule patients’ sessions based on the different parameters
- The job would require only internal meetings with Medical, Sales and Marketing colleagues.
