General Facts

Pfizer Australia Corporate

• Currently more than 1500 staff.
• Regional Corporate Headquarters in West Ryde, Sydney.
• One of our nation’s oldest health care providers with a history dating back to 1886.
• One of Australia’s largest private sector medical research organisations.

Pfizer Australia Prescription Medicines

• Currently four of Australia’s fifteen most commonly prescribed medicines.
• Seven of our prescription medicines lead their therapeutic areas of hypertension, high cholesterol, depression, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, erectile dysfunction and infectious fungal disease.
• Our prescription medicines are commonly used because they are innovative, trusted, and effective and have undergone exhaustive clinical research prior to release.
• Our medicines save lives, reduce hospitalisation and nursing care, and help countless Australians live active and healthier lives.

Pfizer Australia Consumer Healthcare

• Consumer Healthcare Headquarters in Caringbah, Sydney.
• Australia’s No. 1 consumer healthcare company.
• More than 55 brands and 227 product lines.
• $A6 million consumer health R&D spend.
• Part of one the world’s fastest growing global consumer businesses.

Pfizer Australia Animal Health

• Pfizer Animal Health Australia sells some of the most popular medicines for dogs, cats, cattle, pigs. poultry, sheep and goats
• Our Animal Health products include anti-infectives, anti-parasitics, anti-inflammatories, reproduction enhancement device and vaccines.
• Globally, the Animal Health Group invested over A$ 350 million) in 2002 in R&D.
• There are currently more than 40 compounds at the discovery and clinical development stages.
• We also invest in partnerships with the Veterinary profession to increase the awareness of pet owners of key animal health issues such as heartworm prevention, periodontal disease and osteoarthritis Several Pfizer Animal Health products are currently ranked number one or two in the world.
• 10 million dogs have already benefited from our anti-inflammatory medicine around the world.

Pfizer Australia Academic

• Dedicated $A36 million to collaborative research programs with Australian-based research partners from 2005-2009..
• The Advanced Trainees Award (Royal Australian College of Physicians).
• The Cardiovascular Lipid Research Grants Program.
• The Cardiovascular Research Grants Program.
• The Neville Bonner Memorial Scholarship.
• The Neuroscience Research Grants Program.

Pfizer Australia Research & Development

• Pfizer Australia estimates approximately $A40 million commitment to homegrown R&D, through clinical trials with Australian investigators, this year alone.
• Pfizer Australia has recently invested $A14 million to establish our new Biometrics Centre in West Ryde to support clinical research throughout the region.
• Pfizer Australia Cardiovascular Lipid Research Grants Scheme provides $A1 million each year to younger medical graduates to undertake research into cardiovascular disease.
• Pfizer Australia Cardiovascular Research Grants provide $A150,000 for specific research programs undertaken by GPs.
• Pfizer Australia Neuroscience Research Grants Scheme provides $A500,000 each year to fund studies undertaken by younger graduates in neuroscience research.