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Experts predict a safe and effective vaccine could take 12 to 18 months to develop

AstraZeneca to make billion vaccine doses if tests work

AstraZeneca expects to be able to deliver a billion doses of a possible Covid-19 vaccine this year and next if tests are successful, adding today that it should shortly get results of an early stage clinical trial.

Business • 21 May 20

A batch of 10 new medicines - which grew 85% in the latest quarter - now offer the company path to growth

AstraZeneca sees years of growth as sales turn corner

Strong demand for AstraZeneca's new drugs - especially those for cancer - drove a return to sales growth in the third quarter and the drugmaker said it now anticipated years of sustained improvement.

Business • 08 Nov 18

AstraZeneca said its earnings per share outlook for the year would not change as a result of the Perrigo deal

AstraZeneca sells US drug rights to Perrigo

AstraZeneca has finalised plans to divest its Crohn's disease drug Entocort by selling US rights to the medicine to Perrigo for $380m.

Business • 23 Nov 15

Pfizer gives no update on acquisition plans after its recent failed efforts to buy rival UK's AstraZeneca

Pfizer beats sales and profit forecasts

Pfizer has reported stronger than expected quarterly results, helped by growing sales of its cancer drugs and demand for its medicines in emerging markets.

Business • 28 Oct 14

British takeover rules mean it will be at least three months before any fresh talks can take place between the companies

Pfizer abandons AstraZeneca bid

Pfizer has said it had abandoned its current attempt to buy AstraZeneca for nearly £70bn as a deadline approached without a last-minute change of heart by the British drugmaker.

Business • 26 May 14

AstraZeneca rejects latest £55 a share offer from Pfizer

AstraZeneca rejects £55 a share Pfizer offer

Britain's AstraZeneca today rejected a sweetened and "final" offer from Pfizer.

Business • 19 May 14

80% of Britons agree with animal testing for medical purposes or in good conditions

Medical bodies to open up on animal testing

Medical organisations in Britain have pledged to reveal how, when and why animals are used in scientific tests.

News • 14 May 14

UK science and technology committee grill AstraZenca and Pfizer bosses on the potential implications for UK jobs

Pfizer would ringfence new drugs in AZ deal

Pfizer has said it would ringfence the development of important drugs if it acquired AstraZeneca.

Business • 14 May 14

Bosses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca appeared before a British committee to discuss the takeover bid

Pfizer hints at improved offer for AstraZeneca

US drugmaker Pfizer hinted it could raise its proposed $106 billion offer if AstraZeneca would only engage in talks, as its boss was grilled by British lawmakers on his commitment to research spending and jobs.

Business • 13 May 14

British PM wants stronger guarantees from Pfizer

British PM wants more commitments from Pfizer

British Prime Minister David Cameron has demanded that US drugmaker Pfizer give stronger guarantees it will keep jobs and investment in Britain in order to secure his government's blessing for a takeover of AstraZeneca.

Business • 07 May 14

AstraZeneca rejects latest offer from Pfizer

AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer's latest bid

US drugmaker Pfizer today raised its offer for AstraZeneca to £63 billion, but the British company promptly rejected the proposal.

Business • 02 May 14

US drugmaker Pfizer employs over 3,000 people in Ireland

Pfizer confirms takeover bid for AstraZeneca

Pfizer is working on its next move in a potential $100 billion battle for Britain's AstraZeneca after having two bids rejected, as deal-making grips the healthcare industry.

Business • 28 Apr 14

No comment from AstraZeneca on weekend reports that Pfizer had made a tentative approach for the UK firm

AstraZeneca shares rise on possible Pfizer deal

Takeover speculation surrounding UK-based drugs giant AstraZeneca pushed up its stock market valuation by more than £4 billion today.

Business • 22 Apr 14

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