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Lynparza® with abiraterone delays prostate cancer progression
Lynparza with abiraterone is the first PARP inhibitor to demonstrate clinical benefit in combination with a hormonal agent in this setting.
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AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc is an Anglo–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company.
In 2013, it moved its headquarters to Cambridge, United Kingdom, and concentrated its R&D in three sites: Cambridge, Gaithersburg, Maryland (location of MedImmune) for work on biopharmaceuticals, and Mölndal (near Gothenburg) in Sweden, for research on traditional chemical drugs. In 2015, it was the eighth-largest drug company in the world based on sales revenue.
AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation. The company was founded in 1999 through the merger of the Swedish Astra AB and the English Zeneca Group (itself formed by the demerger of the pharmaceutical operations of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1993). It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Cambridge Antibody Technology (in 2006), MedImmune (in 2007), Spirogen (in 2013) and Definiens (by MedImmune in 2014).
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AstraZeneca to collaborate with VaxEquity on RNA therapeutics
AstraZeneca will partner with VaxEquity for the discovery and development of a self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) therapeutics platform.
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AstraZeneca to invest $360 million in Irish manufacturing facility
The next-generation active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility should meet the needs for AstraZeneca’s new medicines pipeline.
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Imfinzi™ plus chemotherapy triples small cell lung cancer survival
Roughly 17.6 percent of patients treated with Imfinzi plus chemotherapy were alive at three years, versus 5.8 percent of chemotherapy patients.
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MHRA approve Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
The UK regulator confirmed that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines can be used as safe and effective booster doses.
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Imfinzi™ and tremelimumab combo improves NSCLC outcomes
Imfinizi™ and tremelimumab in combination with chemotherapy improved non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) survival by 23 percent in a Phase III study.
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Phase III trials for asthma treatment meet all primary endpoints
Avillion reported positive results from MANDALA and DENALI Phase III trials of PT027, an albuterol/budesonide combination, in asthma patients.
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EC approves Ultomiris for children and adolescents with PNH
The European Commission (EC) approved Ultomiris for children and adolescents with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH).
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Antibody combination reduces symptomatic COVID-19 risk by 77 percent
AstraZeneca’s AZD7442 reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77 percent in PROVENT Phase III study.
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Enhertu improves survival in Phase III breast cancer trial
Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) significantly improved survival in the DESTINY-Breast03 Phase III head-to-head trial against trastuzumab emtansine.
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Forxiga approved in EU for chronic kidney disease treatment
Forxiga’s approval, based on unprecedented Phase III data, is the most significant advancement in chronic kidney disease (CKD) treatment in over 20 years.
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Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) meeting highlights, August 2021
The EMA's drug safety committee (PRAC) recommends updating risks of Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine, though the benefit-risk balance remains unchanged.
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Saphnelo approved to treat systemic lupus erythematosus
AstraZeneca’s Saphnelo (anifrolumab-fnia) has been approved in the US for patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus.
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AstraZeneca reveals $15.54 billion in revenues in H1 2021
H1 financial results show AstraZeneca’s revenues grew by 23 percent in 2021, with $14.37 billion attributed to activities aside from COVID-19 vaccine sales.
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Vaxzevria has similar safety profile to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, finds study
New studies show rates of blood clots were similar following vaccination with Vaxzevria and Comirnaty®, plus rates of rare blood clots are lower after the second Vaxzevria dose.
