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Shake-up hits 2025 top-earners list
The revenue of the 20 top-earning pharmas saw solid growth last year with a few changing places on the list but one company's surge in earnings eclipsed all others.
Aussie expat scores top global job
From working as a pharmacist in Sydney's Epping to a high-flying corporate role in just 10 years but there's even better news...
TODAY
Can Aust keep its quantum edge?
With the fifth largest quantum computing workforce on the planet can Australia take a world-leading role? This Novo exec says 'Yes'
TODAY
Who's opening in Waterloo?
Sydney's first purpose-built commercial life sciences precinct already has three companies on board ahead of opening in 2028
11 May
PBAC July Agenda blows out to 58
Eight submissions have been added to version 3 of the PBAC's July meeting agenda, hiking the total number to almost 60
11 May
'Slow to respond' CSL nosedives
CSL's share price falls to the lowest in a decade, as it warns revenue will be hundreds of millions lower and impairment will be in the billions
11 May
Novo's obesity pill hits the TGA
Novo Nordisk has revealed its obesity pill which is taking the US by storm could be heading Down Under
8 May
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Patient advocate named Governor
Tasmania has tapped a former nurse who worked for 18 years as CEO of a high-profile patient group as their next Governor
11 May
Three companies add new drugs
TGA approves three new products plus a subcutaneous version of AstraZeneca's monoclonal antibody and a first-ever generic
11 May Approvals Action
Company scoops top gong... again
For the fourth year in a row, and for the fifth time overall, customers have named this chain the Pharmacy of the Year
8 May
Onboarding failures drive quitting
ICYMI: Aussie pharma's newest talent heading for the exit. Find out why plus the other most popular stories this week
8 May Your Week in 5 Minutes
Company snaps up ex-MA exec
After almost five years with Medicines Australia, this senior executive has returned to a Big Pharma role
8 May
Lilly unveils Vivid health vision
To mark its 150th Anniversary, Lilly Australia has entered an industry-first partnership with the iconic Vivid Sydney light show
8 May
$135M market under threat
Exclusivity of four drugs is at risk after a judge allowed the patent term extension protecting them to be challenged
7 May
Industry's 'Most Influential' named
A single Big Pharma has made this year's prestigious TIME100 Most Influential Companies list for a first-to-market win
7 May
Sweet upside for obesity drugs
Bracing for fallout from booming GLP-1 uptake, chocolate manufacturers have instead been delivered a surprise windfall
7 May
Troubled drug faces new drama
After 8 deaths the FDA is now investigating whether data for a major drug was manipulated, and the TGA is paying attention
7 May
Industry's global jobs purge ongoing
While Australia is in the clear, the one-time darling of the pandemic plus two other companies trim their OS workforces
7 May
Aussie class action targets pharma
Law firm continues to assess a "significant number" of enquiries and registrations from people who have used these drugs
6 May
Look who's opening a US office
With growing demand from global pharma for its AI commercialisation platform, this Aussie company is setting up in Boston
6 May
Who's hit a 25-year milestone?
An idea jotted on the back of a cafe napkin plus a healthy dose of ambition, has seen this company grow into a great Aussie success story
6 May