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Welcome to the Bio / Pharma / Healthcare Community

This is a community for Biotech, Pharma, and Healthcare careers and brings together news, resources, and events from the CDO, Clubs, and MIT Sloan community.

  • Overview
  • Sample Companies
  • Sample Job Roles
  • Healthcare


    The healthcare industry provides a variety of products and services for the maintenance of human health – including hospitals, medical equipment, health records, pharmaceuticals, consulting, and health insurance.

    Biotech


    The biotechnology industry develops products derived from living organisms. Two of the major areas of biotechnology research and development are for agricultural products and pharmaceuticals.

    Check out the CDO’s Bio/Pharma/Heathcare Q&A Series!
  • Abbvie • Amgen • Boston Scientific • Foundation Medicine • FRED Education Group • Genentech • Iterative Scopes • Johnson & Johnson • Pillpak • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals • Sanofi Genzyme • Shire Pharmaceuticals • Syneos Health • Nimbus Therapeutics • Thermo Fisher Scientific • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Hospitals: Mass General • Boston Medical
  • Business Development Manager • Manager – Leadership Development • Program Manager • Operations Manager • Operations Strategy • Process Engineer • Senior Manager • Senior Operations Manager • VP, Business Development

How can one create a sustainable professional services career in the healthcare/life sciences vertical? An MIT Sloan Career Development Office Q&A with Korn Ferry’s Anu Gupta

Q.  For MIT Sloan’s class of 2023, consulting and healthcare/pharma/biotech represented two of the four most popular career verticals.[1] Still, recent workplace trends have made it challenging for employees. As one Korn Ferry report mentioned, “The projected 5.8% decline …

By MIT Sloan CDO
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Innovations & Challenges in Brain Health

Brain health is a notoriously difficult domain of medicine. What recent advancements excite you, and how can we foster continued innovation in this area?

Brain health is undoubtedly one of the most challenging areas of medicine, often called the “last …

By MIT Sloan CDO
MIT Sloan CDO
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Navigating the Variables that are Part of an Employer’s Total Compensation Equation: An MIT Sloan Career Development Office Q&A with Professor Peter Cappelli of The Wharton School

Q.  Similar to other top MBA programs, last year’s MIT Sloan graduates earned healthy compensation packages which included a median base salary of $170,000 as well as a median signing bonus of $30,000. [1] While salary and bonus are key …

By MIT Sloan CDO
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