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AstraZeneca signs MIT/Harvard research deal

September 17, 2012
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Deals, Havard, MIT

AstraZeneca has signed a two-year collaboration with an academic institution – affiliated to the illustrious universities MIT and Harvard – …

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MedImmune signs China deal

September 11, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, China, MedImmune, WuXi, emerging markets, rheumatoid arthritis

MedImmune has sealed a joint venture with Shanghai-based WuXi AppTec to develop a novel biologic for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases …

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Pascal Soirot takes over in October

AstraZeneca poaches Soirot from Roche to be new chief executive

August 28, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Soirot

AstraZeneca has poached Roche’s head of pharma, Pascal Soriot, to be its new chief executive. He joins on 1 October. …

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Pfizer pays $250m for OTC Nexium rights

August 14, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, EMA, FDA, Nexium, OTC, Pfizer

Pfizer will pay $250 million to AstraZeneca in order to gain the rights to sell an over-the-counter form of the …

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AstraZeneca and BTG sepsis drug fails

August 8, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZD977, AstraZeneca, BTG, CytoFab, sepsis

AstraZeneca’s pipeline has suffered another blow with the troubled company halting development of an investigational sepsis drug following poor Phase …

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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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