
Legal and Compliance Intern
Key Skills
Job Description
We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented, and motivated Legal & Compliance Intern to support our Legal and Compliance function in a dynamic international pharmaceutical environment.
This internship offers valuable exposure to a broad range of legal, regulatory, and compliance matters across Europe and Rest of World (ROW) markets.
This includes tasks such as:
- Conduct research on legal and compliance issues.
- Renew and amend distributor contracts.
- Attend weekly departmental meetings.
- Liaise with external law firms advising on compliance issues in EU and ROW.
- Support with the implementation of SOPs and Policies in EU and ROW
- Conduct regulatory research for multi-jurisdictional compliance issues in pharmaceutical industry (e.g., sanctions, HCP engagement, language requirements for internal training, genetic testing)
- Help with the presentations issued by the department.
Qualifications and skills:
- Masters in law with specialization in health law.
- Very good English oral and drafting skills.
- Very good analytical skills.
- Ability to manage a project.
- Good interpersonal skills.
Who we are
We’re built on a simple belief: people living with rare diseases deserve more.
Pharming is a global biotechnology company taking on some of the toughest rare disease challenges. We develop and commercialize innovative therapies for rare and ultra-rare immunological and genetic diseases with significant unmet need, where our scientific and commercial expertise, long-term commitment, and real partnership can help advance care.
We put patients at the heart of our work. Their insights, along with those of caregivers, clinicians, scientists, and partners, shape our strategy, guide our decisions, and help turn science into meaningful progress. We keep it simple, act with urgency, and get it done — expanding access to approved therapies, advancing high-value pipeline programs, and building a leading global rare disease company.
Our vision is simple: a world where people living with rare diseases don’t wait for progress or care. Together with the communities who inspire us, we’re opening new possibilities — proving that breakthroughs aren’t just discovered. They’re created together.
Ready to make a difference? Join us.
What it’s like to work here
At Pharming, every role helps move rare disease therapies closer to the people who need them. We make it happen together, across teams, disciplines, and borders, because breakthroughs don’t happen in silos. Rare diseases are complex, and meaningful progress takes people who ask better questions, challenge each other, and turn insight into action. Here, you won’t work on the sidelines. Pharming is a place for builders, problem-solvers, and bold thinkers who move with urgency, take ownership, and stay focused on what matters most: improving the lives of people living with rare diseases. Advancing rare disease care isn’t the work of one team or one leader. It’s all of us, building what’s next together.
Core Responsibilities
Research legal, regulatory, and compliance issues across European and Rest of World markets, including pharmaceutical matters such as sanctions, healthcare professional engagement, language requirements, and genetic testing. Support distributor contract renewals and amendments, liaise with external law firms, help implement policies and standard operating procedures, attend departmental meetings, and prepare presentations.
Requirements
The role requires a master's degree in law specializing in health law, very good spoken and written English, and strong analytical and interpersonal skills. Candidates should also be able to manage a project.
About Pharming Group N.V.
Industry: Biotechnology Research
Company size: 201-500 employees
Pharming is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative medicines for people living with rare and ultra-rare immune and genetic diseases. We combine deep rare disease expertise across scientific, medical, regulatory and commercial functions to advance a focused portfolio of approved medicines and development programs addressing significant unmet medical need. Insights from patients and the wider rare disease community help shape how we identify and tackle some of the toughest rare disease challenges and deliver meaningful impact. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands, with operations in the United States and Europe. Our community engagement guidelines can be found here: https://bit.ly/49nOWY3