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Should biosims be the default?
Sandoz has welcomed a Commonwealth consultation into making biosimilars the default when prescribing new medicines
TODAY
Which Drs really distrust pharma?
Four out of five Millennial doctors have a negative view of pharma, and they're about to become the biggest cohort of clinicians
TODAY
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Medscape
Inside Aussie Med Affairs salaries
This survey takes a deep dive into the pay packets of Medical Affairs staffers across the world, including Australia
18 May
Aussie GM steps up to regional role
Less than 18 months after taking the ANZ General Manager role, a major promotion for this high-flyer with hunt on for a successor
18 May
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
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
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Global Head issues Aussie warning
Visiting Sanofi leader has warned of the risks to Australia if we fail to speed up access to medicines and vaccines
TODAY
Wait time blows out to 3.6 years
Industry's peak body warns that ballooning "bureaucratic delays" is leading some drug makers to abandon the jurisdiction
TODAY
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
18 May
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
18 May
Novartis notches a 'first-and-only'
BTK inhibitor approved for a new indication while another company's $50M-plus franchise faces its first rival
18 May Approvals Action
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
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
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
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
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