Patient Advocacy & Government Affairs Intern

Job description

Ardelyx is a publicly traded commercial biopharmaceutical company founded with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative first-in-class medicines that meet significant unmet medical needs. Ardelyx has two commercial products approved in the United States, IBSRELA® (tenapanor) and XPHOZAH® (tenapanor). Ardelyx has agreements for the development and commercialization of tenapanor outside of the U.S. Kyowa Kirin commercializes PHOZEVEL® (tenapanor) for hyperphosphatemia in Japan. A New Drug Application for tenapanor for hyperphosphatemia has been approved in China with Fosun Pharma. Knight Therapeutics commercializes IBSRELA in Canada. Position Summary: The Patient Advocacy & Government Affairs Intern will support Ardelyx’s corporate presence and relationship‑building efforts by helping to plan and execute a policy roundtable event that brings together state policymakers and advocates in addition to assisting with advocacy campaigns with internal and external stakeholders to elevate the voice of patients with IBS-C and CKD Reporting to the Patient Advocacy and Government Affairs team in Waltham, the intern will work on communications, event logistics, and stakeholder...