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Pharma Boom: AstraZeneca's Revenue Surge
AstraZeneca reports a bumper increase in revenue for Q1 2024, driven by strong demand for its pharmaceutical products.
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AstraZeneca Q1 2024 Earnings: 19% Revenue Growth, Oncology and Respiratory Branches Drive Success
AstraZeneca reported impressive first quarter earnings for 2024, with a 19% increase in total revenue to $12,679 million.
AstraZeneca Acquires Chinese Cancer Therapy Firm Gracell for $1.2 Billion
AstraZeneca has acquired the Chinese cancer therapy company Gracell Biotechnologies for $1.2 billion, emphasizing China's significance to the pharmaceutical company's expansion.
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US Becomes 1st Country To Approve Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
Drugmaker GSK's Arexvy was green-lighted for adults aged 60 and older, with similar shots from other makers including Pfizer and Moderna expected to follow soon.
CBI suspends all key activity after membership exodus during day of chaos
Corporate names from across business and industry quit or suspended collaboration with the employers' group after a fresh allegation of sexual misconduct.
Which businesses have quit or suspended membership of the CBI?
A flood of companies announced they were either leaving the CBI or suspending their membership after a series of allegations of sexual misconduct against staff.
CBI suspends key activities after rape and sex assault allegations
The CBI says it is suspending key activities until June after a number of firms quit the business group following allegations of rape and sexual assault.
Doctor's death due to AstraZeneca Covid vaccine reaction - inquest
The death of a doctor after his Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab was due to "unintended complications of the vaccine", an inquest has ruled.
COVID testing tsar Sir John Bell quits board of Oxford spinout vehicle OSE
Professor Sir John Bell, a founding director of Oxford Science Enterprises, has resigned amid a slew of boardroom changes at the company.
New York Times sues EU over von der Leyen’s Pfizer texts
The messages could shed light on deals to buy billions of euros worth of COVID-19 vaccines.
Jeremy Hunt offers hope on pay settlements but rules out feeding inflation
Jeremy Hunt tells Sky News that to loosen the purse strings significantly would exacerbate the inflation problem and keep interest rates higher for longer.
Technology can help the NHS, says AstraZeneca boss
The chairman of Covid vaccine giant AstraZeneca has said that investment in technology can help the NHS cut costs.
Covid-19 Drugmakers Pressured Twitter to Censor Activists Pushing for Generic Vaccine
In mid-December 2020, Nina Morschhaeuser, a lobbyist for Twitter in Europe, emailed colleagues with a dire warning. The drugmaker BioNTech, along with the German government, had contacted her with news of an imminent “campaign targeting ...
Oxford University spinouts chief leaves months after £250m share sale
Alexis Dormandy is to step down as chief executive of Oxford Science Enterprises just two years after joining amid rumours of tensions at the academic spinout investor.
US Blacklists China's Chipmaker Firm, Crackdowns On AI Chip Sector
YMTC, long in the crosshairs of the U.S. government, will be added to the list over fears it could divert U.S. technology to previously blacklisted Chinese tech giants Huawei and Hikvision.
US aims to hobble China’s chip industry with sweeping new rules
The host of measures could amount to the biggest shift in US policy on shipping technology to China since the 1990s and could set Chinese chip makers back by years.
GSK poaches Burberry CFO to create all-female top team
Julie Brown, a former AstraZeneca executive, will be unveiled next week as the new chief financial officer of GSK, the £53bn drugs giant.
EU stonewalls over von der Leyen’s role in multibillion-euro Pfizer vaccine deal
European Court of Auditors accuses Commission of refusing to release details of how the bloc’s biggest vaccine contract was negotiated.
UK has missed chances to prepare for future pandemics, says ex-vaccines tsar
Kate Bingham suggests lessons not learned about need for scientific and commercial expertise in government
Boris Johnson's Three Years, Studded With One Scandal After Another
Boris Johnson bowed to the inevitable after the mass resignation of members of his government, including Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, as a mounting number of Conservative MPs launched excoriating public attacks on his judgmen...
British taxpayers take stake in sex party planning firm Killing Kittens
Company given support from fund set up by government to provide loans to startups during pandemic
Prince Charles tells Commonwealth of sorrow over slavery
Prince Charles has told Commonwealth leaders he cannot describe "the depths of his personal sorrow" at the suffering caused by the slave trade.
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: The battle for compensation
A group of 95 people who developed health problems or lost relatives as a result of rare side-effects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine say they have been let down by the "out-of-date" government payment scheme.
Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner for England
Rachel de Souza says lack of female role models a bigger issue, after social mobility head said girls would ‘rather not’ do hard maths
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Ursula von der Leyen Wins Second Term as European Commission President
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UK Government Plans to Remove 92 Hereditary Peers from House of Lords
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