Alexion, AstraZeneca’s Rare Disease group, has closed an exclusive global collaboration and licence agreement with Neurimmune AG for NI006, an investigational human monoclonal antibody currently in Phase Ib development for the treatment of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).
AstraZeneca and Honeywell will partner to develop next-generation respiratory inhalers using the propellant HFO-1234ze, which has up to 99.9% less Global Warming Potential (GWP) than propellants currently used in respiratory medicines.
Positive high-level results from the pivotal DESTINY-Breast04 Phase III trial showed Enhertu demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with HER2-low unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer regardless of hormone receptor (HR) status versus physician’s choice of chemotherapy.
AstraZeneca’s Saphnelo (anifrolumab) has been approved in the European Union as an add-on therapy for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe, active autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), despite receiving standard therapy.
Positive results from the PROpel Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza (olaparib) in combination with abiraterone demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) versus current standard-of-care abiraterone as a 1st-line treatment for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Totala intäkter ökade med 41% och vinst per aktie för kärnverksamheten ökade med 32% under ett år med en exceptionell leverans både av forskningsportföljen och kommersiellt, i kombination med en accelererad strategisk omvandling i och med förvärvet av Alexion.
AstraZeneca flyttar delar av sin verksamhet till Hagastaden i Stockholm och det växande Life Science-klustret vid Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset. Flytten tar AstraZeneca närmare kunder, samarbetspartners och de miljöer där patienterna behandlas.
Positive results from the TOPAZ-1 Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab), in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy, demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) versus chemotherapy alone as a 1st-line treatment for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC).
Positive results from the HIMALAYA Phase III trial showed a single priming dose of tremelimumab added to Imfinzi demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival versus sorafenib as a 1st-line treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who had not received prior systemic therapy and were not eligible for localised treatment.
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo have received notification of acceptance of the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) of Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for the treatment of adult patients in the US with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received a prior anti-HER2-based regimen. The application has also been granted Priority Review.
AstraZeneca meddelar i dag att man har anställt Freja Annamatz som presschef för bolagets svenska verksamhet. Hon börjar 1 April 2022 och kommer att rapportera till kommunikationsdirektör Jacob Lund.
AstraZeneca will present new data in liver, biliary tract and prostate cancers illustrating its ambition to revolutionise cancer care at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI) and the 2022 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU).
AstraZeneca has signed a collaboration agreement with Scorpion Therapeutics to discover, develop and commercialise precision medicines against previously hard-to-target cancer proteins, with the potential to transform oncology treatment.
The new collaboration focuses on a class of proteins called transcription factors, which control gene expression and can regulate important cellular processes
Positive results from a preliminary analysis of an ongoing safety and immunogenicity trial (D7220C00001) showed that Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant]), when given as a third dose booster, increased the immune response to Beta, Delta, Alpha and Gamma SARS-CoV-2 variants, while a separate analysis of samples from the trial showed increased antibody response to the Omicron variant.
Alexion, AstraZeneca’s Rare Disease group, has entered into an exclusive global collaboration and licence agreement with Neurimmune AG for NI006, an investigational human monoclonal antibody currently in Phase Ib development for the treatment of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).
AstraZeneca has completed the transfer of its global rights to Eklira (aclidinium bromide), known as Tudorza in the US, and Duaklir (aclidinium bromide/formoterol) to Covis Pharma Group (Covis Pharma).
AstraZeneca has closed a global development and commercialisation agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ionis) for eplontersen, formerly known as IONIS-TTR-LRX.
AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria (ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant]) significantly boosted levels of antibodies against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant (B.1.1.529) following a third dose booster, according to data from a new laboratory study.
AstraZeneca’s Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab), a long-acting antibody combination for the prevention of COVID-19, retains neutralisation activity against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant (B.1.1.529), according to new authentic ‘live’ virus neutralisation data from both University College Oxford, UK and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, US.
The supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) in adults with generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG) has been accepted for Priority Review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).