Astrazeneca Share News (AZN)

AstraZeneca shares slip as Q4 profits miss forecasts

(Sharecast News) - Biopharma titan AstraZeneca delivered a 6% increase in sales in 2023 despite a $3.7bn decline in Covid-19 medicines revenues, as it guided to a strong pick-up in growth this year - though profits came in slightly under analysts' forecasts.

LONDON BRIEFING: Unilever sets new buyback; Astra profit surges

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open slightly higher on Thursday, as investors eye a busy day of earnings.

AstraZeneca celebrates latest successful trial of acoramidis in Japan

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Friday said positive results from a Phase 3 trial of acoramidis are consistent with global findings, bring the drug closer to regulatory submission in Japan.

TOP NEWS: US sends drugmakers initial offers in Medicare price talks

(Alliance News) - The US government said it was making initial offers to drugmakers Thursday as part of Medicare negotiations meant to lower the prices many older Americans would pay for 10 medicines.

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

TOP NEWS: AstraZeneca, Daiichi's Enhertu granted priority review in US

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Monday said its cancer drug conjugate received priority review by the Food & Drug Administration in the US for patients with metastatic HER2-positive solid tumours.

BioNTech challenges AstraZeneca with breast cancer precision drug trial

FRANKFURT, Jan 22 (Reuters) - BioNTech and its partner Duality Biologics said on Monday they initiated a late-stage trial testing their precision drug against a certain type of breast cancer, taking on a rival partnership between AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.

TOP NEWS: AstraZeneca's Voydeya receives approval in Japan for PNH

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Friday said its inhibitor Voydeya, also known as danicopan, received approval in Japan for adults with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, or PNH.

FTSE 100 hits one-month low, precious miners biggest drag

FTSE 100 down 0.5%, FTSE 250 flat

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London close: Stocks finish lower as wage growth eases

(Sharecast News) - London's stock markets finished in the red on Tuesday, as investors assessed the latest UK jobs data.

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: FTSE 100 falls despite cooler UK wage growth

(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 in London was down at midday Tuesday, as investors nervously eye Wednesday's UK inflation data and what it will mean for interest rates.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: UBS raises GSK and cuts AstraZeneca

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

UBS downgrades AstraZeneca to 'sell'

(Sharecast News) - UBS has downgraded AstraZeneca and upgraded rival GSK as part of its latest review of the European pharmaceutical sector.

Novartis in advanced talks to buy Cytokinetics- source

Jan 9 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis is in the lead to acquire Cytokinetics in a deal that could value the drug developer at well over $10 billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Late M&A bonanza stokes healthcare dealmakers ahead of JPMorgan conference

NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Healthcare dealmakers are making their way to San Francisco for a major industry conference, optimistic that more deals are in the offing after a wave of biotech company takeovers at the end of last year.