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Glaxo investors bless exec-pay plans
We're all familiar with the brouhaha that occasionally attended Jean-Pierre Garnier's annual pay package. The ex-chief of GlaxoSmithKline drew shareholder ire for bonuses and stock awards they
Will GSK investors revolt over Garnier bonus?
A U.K. shareholder group is up in arms over Jean-Pierre Garnier's ( photo ) bonus. Sound like a broken record? Or like a news story from a time capsule circa, oh, 2003? Nope, it's today's story--and
Top 15 Big Pharma Paychecks of 2008
Every year, executive salaries cause a flap as industry watchers compare who makes what, who got a raise and who's spending the most on air travel, security, drivers and the like. Inevitably, the
Clawbacks chomp into Fred Hassan's pay
Clawbacks can be hell. Just ask Schering-Plough chief Fred Hassan ( photo ), who took a big hit to his 2008 compensation because, to speak technically, his stock tanked. Under Schering's pay policy,
King execs reap 12% more pay in 2008
Proxy season continues. Today's entry: King Pharmaceuticals, whose executives' pay leapt 12.3 percent, despite a big drop in revenues and a net loss of $333 million on acquisition charges. At least
Pfizer shareholders want "say on pay"
Pfizer shareholders are on the cutting edge. At yesterday's annual meeting, they approved a proposal to ask the board of directors for an advisory vote on executive compensation. (They also asked for
Onyx exec pay dwarfs profits
Onyx Pharmaceuticals turned a profit for 2008. Lucky for shareholders, even luckier for management. As BNet Pharma reports, the executive team at Onyx saw their pay rise in a big way. In fact, the
Genzyme CEO's 2008 paycheck: $13.7M
Another chief executive jumps onto our list of $10 million-plus men. Genzyme chief Henri Termeer took down total compensation of $13.7 million last year, according to SEC documents (via the Boston
Ranking pharma's highest-paid execs
If you want to see how pharma's CEO pay stacks up against other big companies' compensation, check out the Wall Street Journal's executive compensation survey out today. As the WSJ Health Blog notes,
Mylan execs' pay leaps by 41%
Are you sick of executive-pay news yet? We admit that the dollar signs are starting to circle around our heads like the tweeting birds in vintage cartoons. Nevertheless, even we get interested when
