AstraZeneca upbeat on progress with 'Fasenra' and 'Breztri Aerosphere'

28th Aug 2019 07:38

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced on Wednesday morning that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 'Orphan Drug Designation' to 'Fasenra' (benralizumab), for the treatment of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE).

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AstraZeneca upbeat on progress with 'Fasenra' and 'Breztri Aerosphere'

28th Aug 2019 07:38

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced on Wednesday morning that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 'Orphan Drug Designation' to 'Fasenra' (benralizumab), for the treatment of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE).

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AstraZeneca upbeat on progress with 'Fasenra' and 'Breztri Aerosphere'

28th Aug 2019 07:38

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced on Wednesday morning that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 'Orphan Drug Designation' to 'Fasenra' (benralizumab), for the treatment of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE).

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AstraZeneca upbeat on progress with 'Fasenra' and 'Breztri Aerosphere'

28th Aug 2019 07:38

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced on Wednesday morning that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 'Orphan Drug Designation' to 'Fasenra' (benralizumab), for the treatment of eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE).

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AstraZeneca granted marketing authorisation for Roxadustat in China

22nd Aug 2019 08:21

(Sharecast News) - Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has received marketing authorisation for Roxadustat in China for the treatment of anaemia caused by chronic kidney disease in non-dialysis-dependent patients.

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AstraZeneca drug fails to improve on chemotherapy in lung cancer trial

21st Aug 2019 07:22

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca confirmed on Wednesday that its Imfinzi (durvalumab) treatment for lung and bladder cancer failed to improve upon survival rates registered by chemotherapy treatment in a clinical trial where it was combined with a human monoclonal antibody.

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AstraZeneca upbeat on latest 'Forxiga' trial outcomes

20th Aug 2019 07:27

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced positive results from its phase 3 'DAPA-HF' trial on Tuesday, which showed that 'Farxiga' (dapagliflozin) met the primary composite endpoint with a statistically-significant and clinically-meaningful reduction of cardiovascular death or worsening of heart failure - defined as hospitalisation or an urgent heart failure visit - compared to placebo.

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AstraZeneca upbeat on progress with Lynparza and Calquence

14th Aug 2019 07:32

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced positive results from the phase 3 'PAOLA-1' trial in women with advanced ovarian cancer on Wednesday, alongside its partner MSD.

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Thursday broker round-up

27th Jun 2019 11:16

(Sharecast News) - Rightmove: UBS downgrades to sell with a target price of 505p.

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AstraZeneca reveals positive overall survival results from Imfinzi trial

27th Jun 2019 08:28

(Sharecast News) - Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca revealed some positive overall survival results from its Phase III CASPIAN trial with Imfinzi, a human monoclonal antibody.

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AstraZeneca gets three new drug approvals in Japan

19th Jun 2019 07:29

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced three new drug approvals in Japan on Wednesday, with the first for 'Breztri Aerosphere' (budesonide/glycopyrronium/ formoterol fumarate) - formerly PT010 - as a triple-combination therapy to relieve symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

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AstraZeneca secures another European indication for 'Lynparza'

18th Jun 2019 07:28

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca and its partner MSD announced on Tuesday that the European Commission (EC) has approved 'Lynparza' (olaparib) as a first-line maintenance treatment for women with BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer.

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AstraZeneca upbeat on latest 'Calquence' trial data

17th Jun 2019 07:24

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca announced detailed results from the interim analysis of the phase 3 'ASCEND' trial on Monday, showing Calquence (acalabrutinib) significantly prolonged the time patients lived without disease progression in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).

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Thursday broker round-up

6th Jun 2019 12:40

(Sharecast News) - EI Group: Berenberg downgrades to hold with a target price of 220p.

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AstraZeneca leukaemia drug meets trial end-point

6th Jun 2019 08:34

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca said on Thursday its Calquence leukaemia drug had met the primary endpoint of a phase 3 trial and would allow it to file for regulatory approval later this year.

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