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Salary rift emerges across pharma

There is a growing divide in Australian pharma between what companies want to pay and what workers are willing to accept with the fallout being felt across industry

Regulatory & Reimbursement

First treatment funded through new pathway

A baby with a very rare disease has received treatment otherwise unavailable in Australia thanks to a new Innovative Therapies Pathway - and it only took six weeks

Industry & Companies

Roche muscles up with $3.2B weight loss play

The company has put money down for a potential first-in-class rival in the lucrative obesity space for an asset that allows patients to shed kilos but preserves muscle

Industry & Companies

Aussie jobs to go after trial failure

Dose-limiting toxicities has scuppered an otherwise promising cancer program, seeing a local company cut jobs and scope out possible ways to remain a going concern

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Regulatory & Reimbursement

PBAC July meeting winners and losers

Almost three-quarters of the new PBS listing submissions considered by PBAC in July won green light, however many highly anticipated drugs were delivered a blow

Regulatory & Reimbursement

Pfizer touts Australian results

Results of a year-long study conducted in Australia and sponsored by Pfizer has been published in JAMA Pediatrics this month reinforcing the effectiveness of its maternal immunisation

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Who will survive the next pharma downsize?

A brutal downsizing is coming to pharma with a broad range of roles simply ceasing to exist. Australian experts have revealed the skills and capabilities needed to survive

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Gene therapy may prevent heart transplants in kids

Aussie breakthrough could see a new gene therapy become the first targeted treatment for a range of inherited heart diseases promising sick kids a future without progressive heart failure

Regulatory & Reimbursement

New antibiotic arrives in Australia

Last week the TGA approved a new antibiotic along with a new strength of a lung cancer drug plus generics, and OTCs

Regulatory & Reimbursement

PBAC says no to higher price for blockbuster

Company 'disappointed' after the PBAC knocked back a revised submission for the only TGA-approved biologic for uncontrolled severe atopic dermatitis in children under 12 over due to price

Leadership & People

GSK prize marks revolution in respiratory care

Researcher recognised for her work in determining why some people suffer life-threatening illnesses from respiratory viruses, potentially transforming care

Regulation & Legal

TGA dishes five-figure prescription drug fine

The Head of the TGA has threatened continued "strong compliance and enforcement action" after the Regulator issued its second significant fine in just over a month

Regulation & Legal

Black market booms for future blockbuster

This drug is still months off being filed for approval but there's already a booming black market with the Big Pharma that developed it taking a tough legal stand

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Who's got a new job at an old company?

Job movements continue across industry and it's not always for somewhere new - with two industry executives returning to companies where they've worked before

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