News and Announcements

As one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in Australia, Wyeth plays an important role in the provision of quality treatments that improve the health and wellbeing of Australians.

Wyeth has developed clear positions on a range of current healthcare issues such as reform of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and ensuring Australians have information about, and timely access to, the latest innovative treatments for themselves and their families.


Fast Facts

  • Wyeth helped establish and donated $1 million to the Global Polio Laboratory Network which, in partnership with WHO aims to eradicate polio from Africa.
  • In 2005 Wyeth donated $800,000 worth of multivitamins to World Vision Australia. These were distributed via the mobile Children and Mothers Medical Clinic, benefiting 40,000 women and children.
  • If both parents have psoriasis, children have a 50 percent chance of developing the condition.



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