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AstraZeneca to hike 2024 dividend by 7%

(Sharecast News) - Biopharma giant AstraZeneca has announced that it will increase its annual dividend by 7%, which the board said demonstrates its confidence in the company's performance and cash generation.

TOP NEWS: AstraZeneca hails neurological data for Ultomiris, Soliris

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Monday said long-term data in generalised myasthenia gravis will underscore the "vital role" of its Ultomiris and Soliris antibodies in the treatment landscape.

LONDON BRIEFING: Astra hails neurology data; CVS flags cyberattack

(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open a touch higher on Monday, ahead of an interest rate decision in the eurozone and a US inflation reading later in the week.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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

FTSE 100 flat, FTSE 250 up 0.2%

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CORRECT: AstraZeneca, Daiichi make US progress with licence approvals

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

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.

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.

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.