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AstraZeneca buys majority stake in Acerta Pharma to expand oncology portfolio

Thu, 17th Dec 2015 07:08

(ShareCast News) - AstraZeneca has announced it will acquire a 55% stake in Acerta Pharma over its oncology treatment - a deal valued at $4bn (£2.7bn).The deal will give the FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company access to the privately-owned US and Netherlands based biopharmaceutical company's acalabrutinib inhibitor.The drug is in trials to treat B-cell blood cancers and multiple solid tumours.Under the deal, AstraZeneca will pay $2.5bn cash upfront, and a further $1.5bn when acalabrutinib receives its first regulatory approval in the US or at the end of 2018, whichever comes first.The agreement also includes options which give AstraZeneca the opportunity to buy the remaining 45% of the company for approximately $3bn.AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said the deal is consistent with the company's focus on long-term growth and reflects the role targeted business development plays in its business model."We are boosting a key area in our comprehensive oncology portfolio with a late-stage, potential best-in-class medicine that could transform treatment for patients across a range of blood cancers."Acalabrutinib provides us with a small molecule presence in blood cancers to complement our existing immunotherapy approach, in collaboration with Celgene in haematological malignancies."The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2016.
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8 Apr 2024 07:02

AstraZeneca's Enhurtu cancer gets US green light for adult patients

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's Enhertu cancer drug has been approved in the US for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumours who have received prior systemic treatment and have no satisfactory alternative options.

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8 Apr 2024 06:53

TOP NEWS: AstraZeneca's, Daiichi's Enhertu receives US FDA approval

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC and Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd on Saturday announced that the US Food & Drug Administration has approved their cancer drug conjugate for patients with metastatic HER2-positive solid tumours.

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5 Apr 2024 09:42

AstraZeneca makes "breakthrough" in treating small cell lung cancer

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Friday reported positive results relating to its Imfinzi cancer treatment in phase III trials.

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5 Apr 2024 07:50

LONDON BRIEFING: Shell to book USD600 million first-quarter write-off

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open lower on Friday, with hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve policymakers and fears of ratcheting Middle East tensions giving investors little to cheer about ahead of the latest US jobs data.

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5 Apr 2024 07:23

AstraZeneca announces positive lung cancer treatment trial results

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced positive high-level results from a phase three trial demonstrating significant advancements in the treatment of limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) on Friday.

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4 Apr 2024 13:09

UK shareholder meetings calendar - next 7 days

Friday 5 April 
Faron Pharmaceuticals LtdAGM
VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLCGM re capital return via B share scheme
Monday 8 April 
Premier African Minerals LtdAGM
Tuesday 9 April 
Ethernity Networks LtdEGM re board appointments and option grants
Wednesday 10 April 
Valereum PLCAGM
Wincanton PLCGM re takeover by GXO Logistics Inc
Thursday 11 April 
AstraZeneca PLCAGM
  
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3 Apr 2024 22:01

Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders push companies to cut cost of asthma inhalers, prescription drugs

WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden hosted a White House event with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to tout their fight against high prescription drug prices and push companies to cut the cost of inhalers for asthma sufferers.

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3 Apr 2024 17:22

UK's FTSE 100 pressured by stronger pound; miners climb

FTSE 100 flat, FTSE 250 up 0.2%

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3 Apr 2024 11:02

CORRECT: AstraZeneca, Daiichi make US progress with licence approvals

(Correcting the description of extravascular haemolysis' effects on patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria)

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2 Apr 2024 15:22

London close: Stocks turn red on return from Easter break

(Sharecast News) - UK stocks experienced a downturn by the end of trading on Tuesday, as investors resumed activity following the extended weekend, with initial gains reversed by the close ahead of a week marked by a number of key economic data releases.

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2 Apr 2024 11:50

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 buoyed by UK manufacturing growth

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 in London was up at midday on Tuesday, reacting to the UK manufacturing sector returning growth and further PMI data across the globe.

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2 Apr 2024 10:25

AstraZeneca and Daiichi make US progress with latest licence approvals

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Tuesday noted significant progress for two of its clinical-stage treatments in the US.

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2 Apr 2024 09:54

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Bernstein starts AstraZeneca at 'outperform'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:

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2 Apr 2024 09:09

LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 up as oil majors and gold miners shine

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Tuesday, in confident trade following the long Easter weekend, ahead of a UK manufacturing sector reading later in the morning.

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2 Apr 2024 08:05

LONDON BRIEFING: HSBC in special payout on Canada sale; Astra FDA win

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 traded higher on Tuesday following the long weekend, as investors react to US data, and look ahead to manufacturing sector readings from Europe later.

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