Time for intervention on this 'unlawful exercise of power'

Dr Greg Cook, the director of access policy and advocacy for Bristol Myers Squibb Australia and New Zealand, spoke with BioPharmaDispatch about the company's submission to the parliamentary inquiry into access to new medicines and medical technologies.

More than 304 million doses have been administered across 114 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. The latest rate was roughly 7.93 million doses a day. Baxter will 'fill and finish' 60-90 million doses of Moderna's mRNA vaccine. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance to fully-vaccinated Americans.

Australian-based biopharmaceutical companies have marked International Women's Day 2021 with a range of activities.

Emerging Adelaide-based CAR-T therapy company Carina Biotech is led by three women who have made their careers in science commercialisation.

The Department of Health has confirmed there have been deaths reported in a small number of aged care residents after they were administered a COVID-19 vaccine.

The health system's 'bandwidth' to deliver over one million COVID-19 vaccine doses per week will be tested in the first few weeks of the national program's next phase that will likely indicate the extent to which the October timeline is realistic.

Merck has announced it will mark International Women’s Day (8 March) with a range of initiatives it says include the launch of a 2021 research prize aimed at helping women in APEC countries fully participate in paid work.

How would the Australian government respond if CSL moved to export doses of the vaccine it is currently producing in Melbourne before it met its supply agreement?

More than 20 countries have administered at least one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and there might be a little surprise at some on that list.

The Pharmacy Guild welcomed the change but it falls short of its own proposal because it is only allowed under strictly specified circumstances and exposes patients to high out-of-pocket costs during shortages.

AusBiotech is on the lookout for a new senior executive to fill the newly-created position of director of industry policy and advocacy.

Less than a day after New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a review of PHARMAC a patient has revealed the controversial agency's dismissive attitude to her request for funded access to cancer therapy.

The Pharmacy Guild has welcomed the growing support for reform of the Opiate Dependence Treatment Program and for the changes it proposed in its 2021-22 pre-Budget submission.

Emerging Australia oncology-focused biotechnology company Kazia Therapeutics (ASX:KZA) has announced a license agreement for its lead pipeline candidate Cantrixil (TRX-E-002-1).

AbbVie has held its own internal 'extravaganza' to coincide with the 2021 Mardi Gras Festival and ahead of Saturday night's parade.

Senior representatives of CSL appeared before the ongoing Senate inquire into the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.