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February 14, 2012
Astrazeneca
The following articles have been tagged with "Astrazeneca":
AstraZeneca job cuts hit Södertälje hard
Business & Money: 2 Feb 12
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca is closing its research facilities in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, as part of a major restructuring, resulting in the loss of more than 1,000 Swedish jobs.
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AstraZeneca heart drug given US approval
Business & Money: 21 Jul 11
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals firm AstraZeneca announced on Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Brilinta heart drug for use on patients in the United States.
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AstraZeneca payout resolves US tax dispute
Business & Money: 28 Mar 11
AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a dispute with US tax authorities, the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group announced on Monday.
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Fruits, vegetables may trigger child allergies
Science & Technology: 13 Feb 11
A new study led by a Karolinska Institute researcher suggests that fruit and vegetable consumption may actually trigger allergies in children.
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AstraZeneca posts profits hike
Business & Money: 27 Jan 11
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced net profits for 2010 of more than $8.0 billion, a seven percent rise on the previous year on the back of higher sales of its cholesterol treatment Crestor.
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Swedes name China most innovative in future
Science & Technology: 5 Dec 10
A new Swedish study has revealed that respondents from six countries believe that China will become the world's most innovative country in 10 years, followed by India and the US.
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Generic drugs hit AstraZeneca profits
Business & Money: 28 Oct 10
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Thursday reported a dip in third-quarter net profits as competition from generic drugmakers, restructuring costs and massive legal charges took their toll.
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Alliance touts tax cuts in election manifesto
Politics: 26 Aug 10
The ruling Alliance coalition has promised its fifth in-work tax credit if it wins the election next month, it promised as it rolled out its manifesto on Thursday.
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AstraZeneca pays out million dollar damages
Business & Money: 9 Aug 10
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals firm AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $198 million in damages to around 17,500 people in the USA in connection with the alleged side effects of its Seroquel drug.
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French court rejects AstraZeneca complaint
Business & Money: 5 Aug 10
A French court has dismissed a writ from Anglo-Swedish drugs firm AstraZeneca brought against an insurance firm which advised doctors to be restrictive in prescribing one of its products.
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AstraZeneca Q2 profit jumps on drug sales
Business & Money: 29 Jul 10
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said on Thursday that second-quarter net profit jumped to $2.1 billion (15.35 billion kronor) on strong performance across emerging markets and key drug sales.
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30 Swedish firms in Forbes Global 2000
Business & Money: 12 May 10
Forbes Magazine has included 30 Swedish companies on its list of the world's most successful major companies, including Nordea Bank, ABB and H&M.
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Astra Zeneca reports profits boost
Business & Money: 29 Apr 10
Anglo Swedish pharmaceuticals firm AstraZeneca reported a first quarter profit climb of 29 percent on Thursday on the back of a "strong" performance in emerging markets and sales of key products.
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AstraZeneca fined for anti-psychotic drug
Business & Money: 28 Apr 10
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has agreed to pay a $510 million fine to settle a case alleging that it illegally marketed an anti-psychotic drug, the US justice department has confirmed.
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AstraZeneca to slash 900 jobs in Lund
National: 2 Mar 10
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has announced it is shutting down its research facility in Lund in southern Sweden as part of a package of global cutbacks.
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AstraZeneca settles UK tax claim
Business & Money: 23 Feb 10
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca reported on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the UK tax authority to pay £505 million ($786 million) to settle a long-standing tax dispute.
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AstraZeneca to axe jobs despite profit rise
Business & Money: 28 Jan 10
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca plans to slash 8,000 more jobs worldwide by 2014, continuing its efforts to cut costs despite rising profits, the company announced on Thursday.
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AstraZeneca to acquire French Novexel
Business & Money: 24 Dec 09
On Wednesday, AstraZeneca announced a $350 million deal for the purchase of French antibiotics manufacturer Novexel. The acquisition will boost the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant's portfolio of anti-infection drugs.
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Profits up at Sweden's Investor
Business & Money: 13 Oct 09
Swedish investment group Investor turned a profit in the third quarter, the company reported on Tuesday, capitalizing on global financial markets’ decreased volatility.
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Profits shoot up for AstraZeneca
Business & Money: 30 Jul 09
Swedish-Anglo pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca reported a 23.4 percent hike in interim net profits on Thursday despite the global recession.
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AstraZeneca profits up as more job cuts announced
Business & Money: 29 Jan 09
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Thursday reported 2008 annual net profits were up 9 percent to $6.10 billion, but that the company plans to shed 7,000 more jobs by 2013.
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Nobel Committees investigated for bribery
Science & Technology: 18 Dec 08
Swedish prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into possible bribery after revelations that members of three Swedish Nobel Committees received free trips to China from the Chinese government.
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Two Swedish towns hit by AstraZeneca cuts
Business & Money: 21 Nov 08
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday it would slash 1,400 jobs by 2013, affecting operations in Umeå in northern Sweden, as well as Södertalje south of Stockholm.
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AstraZeneca sees profits rocket
Business & Money: 30 Oct 08
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca posted third quarter profits on Thursday up 28.8 percent on the same period last year.
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Investor suffers 'torturous' third quarter
Business & Money: 14 Oct 08
Swedish investment giant Investor expressed optimism for the future on Tuesday despite suffering massive third quarter losses.
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Investor plunges into the red in second quarter
Business & Money: 10 Jul 08
Investor, Northern Europe's biggest industrial holding company, fell into the red in the second quarter with a net loss of 3.52 billion kronor.
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AstraZeneca says profits slid in first quarter
Business & Money: 24 Apr 08
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said on Thursday that first-quarter net profits had fallen amid restructuring.
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AstraZeneca settles with Indian drugmaker
Business & Money: 15 Apr 08
AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had agreed to a deal that would enable top Indian generic drug firm Ranbaxy to produce its own version of heartburn treatment Nexium from 2014.
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AstraZeneca sees 2007 profits sag
Business & Money: 31 Jan 08
Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca saw its net profit fall 7.2 percent last year to $5.63 billion (€3.79 billion), owing partly to a major restructuring.
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AstraZeneca in Saddam bribes probe
National: 30 Dec 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is being investigated over bribes allegedly paid to Saddam Hussein's deposed Iraqi regime.
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AstraZeneca files US action against generic drugs
Business & Money: 12 Dec 07
AstraZeneca has said it will sue seven generic drug manufacturers in the United States.
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AstraZeneca profit deteriorates
Business & Money: 1 Nov 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that group net profit fell 15.4 percent in the third quarter as higher costs weighed.
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Further job cuts at AstraZeneca
Business & Money: 26 Jul 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that it would cut 7,600 jobs by 2010, more than double an original estimate, after posting a fall in second-quarter net profit.
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Sweden's CEOs see wages swell
Business & Money: 7 Jun 07
Sweden's top bosses saw their pay packets swell by 13 percent last year, while other wage earners had average increases of just 3 percent.
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AstraZeneca in major vaccine purchase
Business & Money: 23 Apr 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has agreed to buy US biotechnology company MedImmune for $15.6 billion. Maryland-based MedImmune specialises in vaccines.
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AstraZeneca: 850 more jobs to go
Business & Money: 26 Feb 07
AstraZeneca has announced that 850 additional staff will be made redundant in Sweden over the next three years.
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AstraZeneca to announce further Södertälje job cuts
Business & Money: 24 Feb 07
The 450 planned redundancies at AstraZeneca's Södertälje plant will not be enough to produce the savings required by the company. There may be as many as 850 further redundancies.
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Job cuts at AstraZeneca despite rising profits
Business & Money: 1 Feb 07
The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant announces plans to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide, despite profits leaping 28.3 percent to $6.06 billion.
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Introducing...the Wallenbergs
Lifestyle: 15 Jan 07
While the Social Democrats controlled the Swedish state for much of the past century, it was the Wallenbergs who controlled the country's business life. And now the family has let the TV cameras in.
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AstraZeneca in billion dollar diabetes deal
Business & Money: 11 Jan 07
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca has announced a major collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb to develop and commercialise two diabetes drugs.
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Stroke drug failure mars AstraZeneca joy
Business & Money: 26 Oct 06
The announcement of a 30 percent leap in profits from Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca was marred on Thursday by the disclosure that the company has ended development of a stroke drug after it failed the final stages of clinical trials.
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AstraZeneca profits leap
Business & Money: 27 Jul 06
The Anglo-Swedish drugs giant has reported a 33.5 percent leap in net profits for the first half of 2006.
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Investor companies worth less
Business & Money: 11 Jul 06
The value of the investments Wallenberg family holding company Investor is down on the end of the last quarter, but still up compared to their value at the beginning of the year.
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Persson "unworried" by shaky shares
Business & Money: 13 Jun 06
Sweden's prime minister declares himself unruffled by falls on Stockholm's stock market, following similar downturns on other world markets.
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AstraZeneca to buy Britain's CAT
Business & Money: 15 May 06
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca announced on Monday that it had agreed to buy Britain-based Cambridge Antibody Technology, in a deal valuing the group at 702 million pounds (9.6 billion kronor).
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AstraZeneca abandons diabetes drug
Business & Money: 4 May 06
Shares in the Anglo-Swedish pharma company are expected to fall on Thursday after it announces that it will abandon development of its Galida diabetes product.
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First quarter profit surge for AstraZeneca
Business & Money: 27 Apr 06
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca said on Thursday that first-quarter pre-tax profit leapt 38 percent to 2.044 billion dollars (1.643 billion euros) compared with the same period the previous year.
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AstraZeneca withdraws blood clotting drug
Business & Money: 14 Feb 06
The Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that it had decided to withdraw its Exanta treatment for blood clotting owing to concerns about the safety of the tablet drug.
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Profit surge for AstraZeneca
Business & Money: 2 Feb 06
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca said on Thursday that its pre-tax profit in 2005 rose 34 percent compared with 2004 to reach 6.67 billion dollars.
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"Very good year" for Investor
Business & Money: 19 Jan 06
Investor, Northern Europe's biggest industrial holding company, announces a net profit for 2005 of 43.9 billion kronor, as its core Swedish shareholdings stage a spectacular rally.
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Stockholm shares mirror international fall
Business & Money: 18 Jan 06
Big share prices falls in Tokyo and New York are reflected on the Stockholm share market, with most big companies losing value. AstraZeneca is among those hit after bad news from the US.
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AstraZeneca buys Alzheimer's drug rights
Business & Money: 28 Dec 05
Anglo-Swedish drugs group AstraZeneca has agreed to pay up to 300 million dollars to US peer Targacept for the rights to help develop and market a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.
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AstraZeneca sues over anti-depressant "copy"
Business & Money: 9 Nov 05
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has filed a lawsuit against Israeli company Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, saying it plans to market a version of the successful anti-depressant drug Seroquel.
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Rising profits for AstraZeneca
Business & Money: 27 Oct 05
The Anglo-Swedish drugs company made larger profits in the third quarter than analysts expected. The $1.7 billion profit was better than the same period last year.
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Strong results for AstraZeneca as McKillop leaves
Business & Money: 28 Jul 05
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca replaces chief executive Tom McKillop, as it announces a profits surge of 55 percent for the second quarter. McKillop will be replaced by the company's American chief.
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Sweet swansong for Wallenberg at Investor
Business & Money: 13 Jul 05
Marcus Wallenberg's last interim report as CEO of Investor showed the holding company to be in good shape. Good results from the likes of Ericsson and ABB helped put a smile on the outgoing CEO's face.
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Les abus des entreprises suédoises
Smörgåsbord: 17 Jun 05
Alors que l’Union européenne traverse une période de doute, l’influence de ses institutions sur les sociétés nationales ne diminue pas pour autant. La Suède ne fait pas exception : le monopole d’État sur les pharmacies va subir des assouplissements, et les entreprises coupables de fraude sont sanctionnées par l’Union européenne.
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AstraZeneca fined 60 million euros
National: 15 Jun 05
The European Commission imposes a whopping fine on Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca for illegally pushing rivals of its stomach ulcer medicine Losec out of the market.
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Profits surge for AstraZeneca
Business & Money: 28 Apr 05
Troubled Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca revealed on Thursday a record 37-percent increase in pre-tax profits for the first quarter of 2005, boosted by strong sales growth and cost cutting.
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Mandela wins Swedish children's rights award
National: 14 Apr 05
Former South-African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel have been awarded the Global Friends Award by Swedish charity Children's World.
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Swedes warned about borrowing
Smörgåsbord: 30 Dec 04
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Risk of union action against H&M in US
Smörgåsbord: 26 Nov 04
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Swedish economy in sharp upswing
Smörgåsbord: 12 Oct 04
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
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