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Pharma boss wins business award

This high-profile Aussie leader has been named an Australian Financial Review Business Person of the Year for his strategic deal-making and willingness to take risks.

Keys to building a great culture
There are three key features to developing a great culture where pharma professionals would love to work, industry exec tells
TODAY
Unprecedented pharma burnout
Smaller teams, heavy workloads and gruelling work hours are leaving almost no time for wellbeing, leading to burnout
TODAY
Aussie jobs go in latest cost-cutting
Ongoing global belt-tightening at this Big Pharma has hit Australia with yet more jobs being lost from the ANZ sector
9 December
Ex-Aussie GM writing tell-all book
Despite reaching career heights most pharma executives can only dream of, this boss offers a reality check about the meaning of success
8 December
Is ANZ Pharma ready for 2026?
Disruption across pharma will heighten in 2026. Are leaders ready? We're asking professionals from across the industry to take this survey
8 December
$130K fine for Aussie Code breach
Committee rules company material to be "misleading" after complaints from a rival, with an additional penalty for failing on Appeal
5 December
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Aussies land $558M licensing deal
Indian generics giant has signed a deal with an Australian biotech as part of its plan to break into the innovative medicines market
TODAY
Local coders drive JAK discovery
Aussie computational drug discovery company behind a targeted JAK inhibitor without the side effects of TGA-ticked meds
TODAY
Who's won an Aussie export gong?
Clinical trials company takes home its second prestigious award this year after rocketing sales in international markets
9 December
Vaccine probe uncovers flaws
Audit Office scrutinises Govt deals with Seqirus and Moderna, with one failing to maximise value for money for taxpayers
9 December
Top speed launch of first generic
From ARTG to pharmacy shelves in under a month, Arrotex has wasted no time launching generic competition to this GSK drug
9 December
Data justifies hefty drug price tag
New data shows long-term durability of an expensive gene-therapy recently recommended for funding. Next, convince the Govt
9 December
New data paves way for MSAC win
Pfizer announces impressive phase 3 results for its new haemophilia treatment which is under review by the MSAC
8 December
MSD tries again for broad listing
Company takes another crack at a multi-cancer recommendation alongside other submissions at PBAC's Dec Intracycle Meeting
8 December
$48 million market sees first threat
First generic of a diabetes drug has been registered on the ARTG, while competition for a cancer drug heats up
8 December Approvals Action
TGA considers $4M treatment
The single shot gene therapy could reduce uptake of competitor drugs used for the disease which earn $100M annually on the PBS
5 December
Meet ANZ's newest Country bosses
ICYMI: Three companies are going into 2026 with new bosses at the helm plus the other most popular stories this week
5 December Your Week in 5 Minutes
$57M patent lost, more to follow?
An appeal to reinstate a patent has been denied by the Full Federal Court, but the reasons may place other drugs at risk
5 December
PBS listing delivers gift of time
December reimbursement means treatment time for these patients will be slashed from three hours to just 10 minutes
5 December
Novo team pedals to $100K
Aussie staffers riding high after surpassing their fundraising goal in a gruelling charity event for research into type 1 diabetes
4 December
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