Astrazeneca

U.S. health regulators declined to approve a fixed-dose diabetes drug combination from AstraZeneca, delaying its launch and dealing a blow to an important plank of the drugmaker's business. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that more clinical data were required before it could approve the combination of saxagliptin and dapagliflozin.

AstraZeneca, a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business, and The University of Manchester, a member of the prestigious Russell Group of British universities collaborate to deliver personalised healthcare for cancer patients. The five-year agreement will see the organisations apply clinical trial bioinformatics to better identify the right cancer treatment for the right patient at the right time. As part of the collaboration, AstraZeneca will provide a total of £11.5 million.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and AstraZeneca Pharma India  (AZPIL) have entered agreement  for distribution of AstraZeneca’s brand “Axcer”, a new brand of ticagrelor in India. This  drug is used for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). AZPIL already has a brand under the trademark “Brilinta”, for ticagrelor molecule, launched and marketed by AZPIL in India since 2012. This collaboration will provide customers access to this latest generation treatment option for ACS.

AstraZeneca, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business,  to invest approximately $285 million in a new facility for manufacturing of biological medicines in Södertälje, Sweden. Södertälje is currently main Place to AstraZeneca’s largest global tablets and capsules manufacturing facility. Company will combine its expertise in biologics with the well-established culture of operational excellence that exists within the Sweden operations unit.
The new plant will be focused on filling and packaging of protein therapeutics.