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.

http://clubs.london.edu/healthcare/

healthcareclub@london.edu

In this issue: Swiss Trek 2014

Novartis Trek UK

Careers in Health

Upcoming events

Job Opportunities

Hot Topics

Basel: SWISS TREK 2014

March, 2014 - Issue 1

LBS Healthcare Club Newsletter

INTERVIEW WITH A NOVARTIS INTERN

Priyanka Kashyap:pkashyap.mba2014@london.edu

Q: Where did you intern and why? A: I interned

at the Novartis in Basel. I wanted to work with

Novartis as they are one of the leading

healthcare companies and I really liked the team

when I met them during the Healthcare Swiss

Trek in 2013. The project itself was very inter-

esting as it looked at trends in healthcare by

focusing on a few countries representing differ-

ent healthcare systems and economies.

Q: Most valuable thing you gained? A: There are

two important things that I learned during the

internship. One was developing a strong under-

standing of the different healthcare systems

across the world and second was getting a

sense of the dynamics of working in the

headquarters of a large corporation. I believe

both lessons were very valuable.

Q: Most challenging aspect ? A: Per-

sonally, I found the pace of work very

different when working within a large

global company versus when working

in consulting (my previous experience).

It is useful to plan your project to ac-

count for the dependency on others

within the organization. My manager

was very supportive and helpful so it

was much easier to complete the pro-

ject as planned but it can sometimes be a

challenge.

18-20th Feburary 2014 Basel - Switzerland

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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 con-

sisted 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-

work with hiring managers and learn about Novartis' UK busi-

ness first-hand.

The LBS Healthcare Club is sponsored by :

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 Ses-sion - 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 dis-cussion 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/

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

Sugar Tax. The WHO has suggested we

should aim to eat less than 5% of our

calorific intake in the form of sugar. The

WHO’s official recommendations remain

at 10% at present but policymakers are

seeking to minimize our sugar

consumption. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-

26442420

In the UK, Chief Medical Officer Dame

Sally Davies has also suggested a sugar

tax may be needed to help fight rising

obesity levels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-

26449497

Second hand smoke. There are no safe

levels of second hand smoke! It was

shown that if both parents smoke it can

effect a child’s 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

carrying children. Similar bans are already

in place in states such as California, some

areas of Canada and Australia .

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26432111

HIV Research. Researchers at the AIDS

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

adherence to anti-retro viral treatment? www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/health/

injections-provide-durable-protection-against-

aids-in-monkeys-studies-find.html

More exciting news in the fight against

HIV—researchers are hopeful after

successfully eradicating the HIV virus

through the use of anti-retroviral

treatment (ART) shortly after birth in an

infant born in California . This is the

second case where it has been

demonstrated that the use of ART

following birth in HIV positive newborns

can be curative.…………………………………….. www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/health/second

-success-raises-hope-for-a-way-to-rid-babies-

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March Deadlines

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

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

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LBS Healthcare Club Newsletter

The LBS Healthcare Club is sponsored by :