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Aussie GM steps up to regional role
Less than 18 months after leaving a 21-year career at a Big Pharma for a General Manager role, this high-flyer has won a major promotion to a regional position, with the hunt on for a new GM ANZ.
Health PR agency snaps up Award
Australian firm well known to pharma has taken home an Asia Pacific gong after speedrunning a brief from the United Nations
TODAY
Inside Aussie Med Affairs salaries
This survey takes a deep dive into the pay packets of Medical Affairs staffers across the world, including Australia
TODAY
Pharma flags 4500 job cuts
Loss of exclusivity for a blockbuster sees this pharma looking to trim its workforce until its late-stage pipeline matures
15 May
Ozempic blamed in bizarre stabbing
Claims Ozempic may have made a grandmother who stabbed her daughter-in-law and 10-year-old grandson 'susceptible to violence'
15 May
Heartfelt goodbye from Aussie MD
After 26 years with the same company - six of those leading the ANZ team - this MD has handed over the reins with a fond farewell
14 May
What cardiologists think of Reps
HCPs in cardiology reveal how they prefer to receive information from pharmas and which sources of information are the most influential
14 May
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Roundtable to overhaul trial access
'Consortium of the willing' to meet in July to improve the design and delivery of oncology clinical trials making access faster and easier
TODAY
Novartis notches a 'first-and-only'
BTK inhibitor approved for a new indication while another company's $50M-plus franchise faces its first rival
TODAY Approvals Action
Industry real estate hub unveiled
ICYMI: See the plans for Sydney's first dedicated commercial life sciences precinct plus the other most popular stories this week
15 May Your Week in 5 Minutes
One-and-done diabetes fix looms
Gene therapy to replace GLP-1 pills and injections is heading into trials in Europe with moves to include Australian participants too
15 May
AZ scrambles to shift $17M market
A global decision to discontinue doses of a cancer drug has the local team working hard to ensure patients can maintain treatment
15 May
Where's the action? Patients ask
Public Health Association disappointed by a lack of action in the Govt's response to a parliamentary report into diabetes
14 May
Blockbuster about to get bigger?
Newly published study results show that this drug is not only a success in treating initial disease but it's effective in maintenance too
14 May
Look who's won a Board seat
After building an extensive career in pharma before moving to a new sector this well-known name has joined a cancer charity
14 May
'Ignored': Pharma fury at Budget fail
Industry expresses grave concerns at the failure to fund faster access to innovative medicines warning patients will pay the price
13 May
Pharma crowned 'Most Impactful'
Moderna named the World's Most Impactful company in TIME's inaugural 500-strong list, with biopharmas making up half of the top 10 companies
13 May
BMS bets big on US$15B deal
Joins forces with China's largest pharmaceutical company to develop 13 therapies in oncology, haematology and immunology
13 May
AZ drug facing headwinds
An FDA advisory panel has voted against the next-generation therapy which remains under review in both in the US and Australia
13 May
Push to hit oncology Top 5
Company unveils a five-year business plan with a bold ambition as it enters a 'defining and transformative phase'
13 May
Shake-up hits 2025 top-earners list
The revenue of the 20 top-earning pharmas saw solid growth last year, but one pharma's surge in revenue eclipsed all others
12 May