Director dealings: AstraZeneca director makes share purchase

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca revealed on Wednesday that non-executive director Michel Demare had acquired 700 ordinary shares in the FTSE 100-listed pharmaceutical giant.
Demare, who was appointed to AstraZeneca's board in August 2019, purchased the shares on Monday at an average price of 7,313p each, for a total value of ?51,191.

Last week, AstraZeneca's reported that annual profit had fallen 14% as rising costs and higher asset writedowns offset sales increases.

As of 1650 GMT, AstraZeneca shares were up 1.38% at 7,621p.

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