AstraZeneca GMG drug recommended for EU approval

25th Jul 2022 07:56

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca said its treatment for the rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease generalised myasthenia gravis (GMG) has been recommended for marketing authorisation in the European Union as an add-on to standard therapy for adult patients who are anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody-positive.

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AstraZeneca asthma drug gets EU marketing approval

25th Jul 2022 07:43

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca's asthma treatment Tezspire has been recommended for marketing authorisation in the European Union as an add-on therapy in patients 12 years and older, the company said.

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AstraZeneca breast cancer drug granted priority review by US FDA

25th Jul 2022 07:12

(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday that its Enhertu metastatic breast cancer asset had been granted priority review status in the US following results from its DESTINY-Breast04 trial.

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AstraZeneca breast cancer drug granted priority review by US FDA

25th Jul 2022 07:12

(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday that its Enhertu metastatic breast cancer asset had been granted priority review status in the US following results from its DESTINY-Breast04 trial.

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AstraZeneca's HER2-positive breast cancer drug receives EU approval

19th Jul 2022 07:02

(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca's Enhertu has received European Union approval to be used as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

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AstraZeneca agrees to acquire TeneoTwo

5th Jul 2022 07:04

(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca has agreed to acquire TeneoTwo and its clinical-stage T-cell engager in a deal worth up to $1.26bn as part of an effort to accelerate the development of the potential new medicine for B-cell haematologic malignancies.

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Covid-19 cases surge during latest week due to BA.4 and BA.5 Covid-19 sub-variants

1st Jul 2022 13:22

(Sharecast News) - The number of new coronavirus cases in Britain jumped again during the preceding week, likely due to the more infectious BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

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Oxford Biomedica signs new Covid vaccine deal with AstraZeneca

1st Jul 2022 07:03

(Sharecast News) - Oxford Biomedica has signed a new three-year deal to make AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine beyond this year when the original agreement expires, the company said on Friday.

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AstraZeneca receives positive interim results from lung cancer drug trial

30th Jun 2022 07:13

(Sharecast News) - Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has received positive results from a planned interim analysis of the AEGEAN Phase III trial on its resectable non-small cell lung cancer drug.

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AstraZeneca's breast cancer drug recommended for EU marketing authorisation

27th Jun 2022 07:04

(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Monday that Lynparza, its HER2-negative high-risk early breast cancer drug, has been recommended for marketing authorisation in the European Union after demonstrating "a statistically significant and clinically meaningful" improvement in invasive disease-free survival.

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Citi reiterates 'buy' on AstraZeneca on the back of trial results for Enhertu against breast cancer

22nd Jun 2022 10:06

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Citi reiterated their 'buy' recommendation for shares of AstraZeneca following the release of the results of the DESTINY-Breast 04 clinical trial using its Enhertu treatment against metastatic breast cancer.

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AstraZeneca receives 'positive' results from Phase III trial on eplontersen

21st Jun 2022 08:13

(Sharecast News) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca has received positive high-level results from an interim analysis of its NEURO-TTRansform Phase III trial on eplontersen, the group's hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy drug candidate.

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Berenberg stays at 'buy' for AstraZeneca after trial results for Enhertu against breast cancer

6th Jun 2022 17:48

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Berenberg reiterated their 'buy' recommendation with a 120.0p target price for shares of AstraZeneca following the release of the company's clinical trial results for its treatment against metastatic breast cancer.

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AstraZeneca-Daiichi's Enhertu reports positive survival rate results

6th Jun 2022 07:47

(Sharecast News) - A treatment for breast cancer developed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo has been shown to double the progression-free survival rates of patients compared with chemotherapy, according to trial data released on the weekend at a conference.

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AstraZeneca autoimmune treatment meets trial endpoint

5th May 2022 08:42

(Sharecast News) - AstraZeneca said its treatment for an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system had met a primary endpoint in a phase 3 trial.

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