AstraZeneca

$11.3M awarded to researchers through MRC-AstraZeneca compound collaboration

Thursday, November 1, 2012 09:56 AM

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded $11.3 million of funding for 15 research projects awarded through its collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which gave academic researchers unprecedented access to 22 chemical compounds.

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AstraZeneca, Ironwood announce linaclotide collaboration for China

Friday, October 26, 2012 02:20 PM

AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge, Mass.-based entrepreneurial pharmaceutical company, have signed an agreement to co-develop and co-commercialize Ironwood’s linaclotide in China.

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WuXi AppTec opens first cGMP biologics facility in China

Monday, October 22, 2012 11:11 AM

WuXi AppTec, a pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing company, has opened a cGMP biologics facility in China.

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Charles River Labs, AstraZeneca enter strategic partnership

Monday, October 22, 2012 10:43 AM

AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, has selected Charles River Laboratories International, a global provider of research products and services, as its preferred strategic partner for outsourced regulated safety assessment and development DMPK (drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics).

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Pharmaron forms strategic partnership with AstraZeneca

Monday, October 15, 2012 11:47 AM

Pharmaron, an R&D service provider for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, is partnering with AstraZeneca to support its global innovative medicines units.

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10 pharmas form nonprofit TransCelerate to accelerate R&D of new medicines

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 02:46 PM

Ten biopharmaceutical companies have formed a non-profit organization, TransCelerate BioPharma, to accelerate the development of new medicines. Participants include Abbott, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Genentech and Sanofi.

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AstraZeneca, Broad Institute partner on discovery of antibacterial and antiviral agents

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 09:09 AM

AstraZeneca and the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., have formed a collaboration to identify new chemical compounds targeting bacterial and viral infections that could speed the development of new antibacterial and antiviral drugs.

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MedImmune, WuXi AppTec form joint venture to develop novel biologic for Chinese market

Monday, September 10, 2012 10:31 AM

MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, and WuXi AppTec, an R&D outsourcing company, have formed a joint venture to develop and commercialize MEDI5117, a novel biologic for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, in China.

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Pascal Soriot named AstraZeneca CEO

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 03:06 PM

AstraZeneca has announced Pascal Soriot’s appointment as the company’s chief executive officer. He will assume the new role and join the AstraZeneca board as an executive director as of Oct. 1.

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AstraZeneca, Pfizer enter agreement for OTC Nexium

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 09:41 AM

AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, has entered into an agreement with Pfizer, a global research-based pharmaceutical company, for the over-the-counter (OTC) rights for Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium), a prescription drug currently approved to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

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