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AZ video: ‘Why we rejected Pfizer offer’

May 2, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, UK, buyout, merger, research

AstraZeneca has confirmed that it is not for turning when it comes to buyout offers from Pfizer and is happy …

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Pfizer/AZ deal would put UK research in jeopardy

May 1, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cameron, Pfizer, UK, deal, merger, research

The UK’s medical research collective has come together to warn the government that any deal between US giant Pfizer and …

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Merck’s Q1 sales drop

April 30, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer, Q1, merger, quarter, sales

Merck & Co has released a mixed set of results for the first quarter of 2014, with drug revenue falling …

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Pfizer ‘significantly undervalued’ AstraZeneca

April 29, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, acquisition, buyout, merger

AstraZeneca has broken its silence to insist that Pfizer’s financial offer in January for the company “very significantly undervalued AstraZeneca …

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Pfizer makes second bid for AstraZeneca

April 28, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, acquisition, deal, merger

Pfizer has made a second attempt to buy AstraZeneca after an initial request was rejected in January. The biggest pharma …

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Profits slump at AstraZeneca

April 24, 2014
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AstraZeneca has continued its poor run of form, with operating profit in the first quarter of 2014 falling 40% on …

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AstraZeneca ‘rejects Pfizer bid’

April 22, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Byetta, Onglyza, Pfizer, Soriot, merger

AstraZeneca has rebuffed a £60 billion bid from Pfizer, according to media reports. Both companies have declined to comment on …

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Lundbeck teams up with Lieber Institute

April 3, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, AstraZeneca, Lundbeck, Pfizer, Roche, ability, brain, lieber, lilly

Lundbeck has entered into a new partnership with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development in the hope of discovering new …

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AstraZeneca and MRC partner for new UK facility

March 31, 2014
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AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council have entered into a ‘ground-breaking’ collaboration aimed at better understanding the mechanisms of human …

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AstraZeneca opens up research

March 28, 2014
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AstraZeneca has created a new means of sharing some of its data with scientists, such as its bank of live …

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AstraZeneca banks on MasterCard for director

March 20, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Johansson, ann cairns, british gas, mastercard

AstraZeneca is proposing to elect the president of International Markets for MasterCard to stand as a non-executive director on its …

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AstraZeneca signs Vodafone contract

March 20, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, cardiovascular, mhealth, vodaphone

AstraZeneca has signed up with phone operator Vodafone to provide mobile health (mHealth) services for patients suffering from cardiovascular issues. …

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AstraZeneca sells Alderley Park

March 13, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Manchester, Osborne, R&D, alderley park, research

AstraZeneca has sold its former R&D site in Cheshire to a public-private consortium for an undisclosed sum, and expects the …

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BMS/AZ fat disorder drug gains FDA approval

February 26, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, FDA, hep C, metreleptin, myalept

Bristol-Myers Squibb and partner AstraZeneca have been granted FDA approval for a new drug to treat rare and potentially fatal …

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Europe poised for generic Symbicort

February 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CHMP, COPD, Symbicort, Teva, breo, generics

The CHMP has given Teva Pharmaceutical Industries a lift by recommending that its generic version of AstraZeneca’s lung drug Symbicort …

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