Tagged with Australia

Novo Nordisk - Australia Can you start by commenting on the state of diabetes in Australia at present? According to 2011 statistics nearly one million Australians have diabetes and about half of those are not aware that they have the condition. Australia is ranked 7th in the world in terms of prevalence of type…

Pharmacy Guild Australia Would you please introduce The Pharmacy Guild to our readers, giving an insight in its function and its membership? We are the premium body representing community pharmacies in Australia, about 5200 locations including private hospital pharmacies. In reality it is safe to say that we represent all pharmacies that are…

Medicines Australia We last met you in 2008 as Chair of the Pharmaceuticals Industry Council (PIC), which set itself the goal of doubling the levels of exports, R&D investment, manufacturing, value-added activities, and clinical trials from 2002 to 2012. Are you content looking at the achievements today? Exports still stand at about…

AstraZeneca Australia You returned to Australia a year ago after spending eight years in Europe with the company. In your view, what were the key changes in the Australian market? Looking at the overall market, the biggest changes have been the various reforms to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). PBS reform started…

Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) As a general medical practitioner with a long experience in the pharmaceutical industry including public policy, advertising, marketing and regulatory issues and a post graduate training in traditional Chinese medicine, what made you decide to join ASMI as a Scientific Director in 2004 and Executive Director in July 2010? My…

Sanofi Australia What impact have the PBS reforms had on sanofi-aventis in Australia? Sanofi-aventis has one of the largest portfolios of medicines in Australia, with over 240 products in the key areas of cardiometabolic disease, thrombosis, oncology, vaccines, CNS, and internal medicine. The PBS reforms clearly are the major reforms over the…

Pretium Australia Would you please introduce Pretium’s specific service offerings, and the focus within these? Pretium offers a comprehensive range of integrated services across our 4 lines of business – Market Intelligence, Health Economics, Late Phase Research and Disease Management. The distinction between the various stages of a product’s life cycle and…

Amgen Australia What impact have the PBS reforms had on Amgen in Australia? From a company perspective, biotechnology companies exist in a competitive space. They have predominantly niche medicines with significant competitive advantages and tend to be on their own in a certain clinical space and treatment paradigm. Amgen sells very few…

Novotech (Australia) Pty Limited One of the hot topics in the industry is the impact of PBS reforms. Can you speak to recent influence of PBS reforms affecting Novotech’s services in Australia? In our particular business, there is very minimal effect. Because Novotech is a service company, most of its clients are engaged in…

Datapharm Australia Pty Ltd The Australian pharmaceutical sector has seen recent innovations through PBS reform and various working groups shaping the future of the industry. Can you comment on how Datapharm is reacting to these opportunities? Datapharm has actually put in a submission to the review of the National Innovation System, highlighting that innovation…

Genzyme Australia What impact will the recent PBS reforms have on Genzyme’s operations in Australia? Genzyme is different in terms of its focus on rare & unmet medical needs, so most of the company’s products, given they are targeted therapies, are not reimbursed through the PBS, but through other government funding mechanisms.…

Medicines Australia To begin, would you please introduce Medicines Australia to Pharmaceutical Executive readers? Medicines Australia is the national industry association for innovative pharmaceutical companies. . Just about every company engaged in the research and discovery of new medicines in Australia is a member of the association, so we have the capacity…