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AstraZeneca launches prostate cancer app

August 7, 2012
Medical Communications AZ, AstraZeneca, PSA, Zoladex, diabetes, prostate

AstraZeneca has launched a new app that helps prostate cancer patients to monitor their PSA levels. It is not the …

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AstraZeneca launches virtual research laboratory

July 31, 2012
Medical Communications Assay Depot, AstraZeneca, R&D, virtual

AstraZeneca and partner Assay Depot have launched a virtual research laboratory aimed at helping its scientists create R&D collaborations. The …

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IT problems at Swedish plant affect AstraZeneca

July 27, 2012
Manufacturing and Production AstraZeneca, Nexium, Symbicort, financials

Software problems at a manufacturing facility operated by AstraZeneca in Sweden are having a material impact on the business, pegging …

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AstraZeneca’s Fluenz chosen for wider flu immunisation

July 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing AZ, AstraZeneca, Cervarix, Gardasil, Lansley, MedImmune

The UK has chosen AstraZeneca’s Fluenz to extend the country’s flu vaccination programme. The health secretary Andrew Lansley said that …

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AstraZeneca sees big sales drop in Q2

July 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brennan, Brilinta, Q2, Seroquel

AstraZeneca has today reported a large drop in revenue for the second quarter. The firm has been hit by major …

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‘Golden parachute’ for AZ’s David Brennan

July 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, David Brennan, GMB

David Brennan, the former chief executive of AstraZeneca, could receive more than £4million as a payout after being ousted from …

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AZ sets up Alzheimer’s research collaborative

July 13, 2012
Research and Development Alzheimer's, AstraZeneca, neuroscience

AstraZeneca and Dr Steven Paul of Weill Cornell Medical College have unveiled a new research alliance that brings four leading …

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AstraZeneca buys neuroscience molecules

July 13, 2012
Research and Development Alzheimer's, AstraZeneca, neuroscience

AstraZeneca is to acquire a portfolio of neuroscience assets from Link Medicine, a private US pharma firm.The deal is the …

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AstraZeneca and BMS buy Amylin for $7 billion

July 2, 2012
Sales and Marketing Amylin, AstraZeneca, BMS

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb have struck a deal to purchase diabetes specialist Amylin in a complicated agreement worth $7 billion. …

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Ireland agrees deal on medicines

June 28, 2012
Business Services, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, IPHA, Ireland, Lundbeck, Novartis, pricing

Ireland’s pharmaceutical industry has agreed a deal with the country’s government which breaks a deadlock over prices and access. The …

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AstraZeneca buys Ardea Biosciences

June 22, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, Ardea Biosciences, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Humira, Takeda

AstraZeneca has completed its acquisition of US firm Ardea Biosciences in a $1.26 billion deal that it hopes will shore …

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Analysts want AstraZeneca-AbbVie tie-up

June 20, 2012
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, AstraZeneca, merger

Analysts want Abbott’s new spin-off firm AbbVie to merge with the troubled AstraZeneca, saying it could give both firms future …

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AstraZeneca swings axe at Swedish plant

June 14, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brennan, Sweden, Södertälje, cuts

AstraZeneca will be cutting 400 jobs from its facility in Sweden, the company has confirmed.  Speaking to the TT news …

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Public-private alliance to discover new antibiotics

May 25, 2012
AstraZeneca, EFPIA, GSK, Janssen, Sanofi, antibiotic, bacterial infection

 A Europe-wide public-private partnership is to put €224m (£180m) into finding new antibiotics for all manner of bacterial infections such …

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Targacept cuts workforce

May 1, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MDD, TC-5214, Targecept

The fall-out from pipeline difficulties has led US biopharma company Targacept to make almost half its workforce redundant. In March …

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