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AZ pays $425m to settle claims heartburn drugs caused harm

AstraZeneca confirmed this morning it has agreed to pay $425 million to settle lawsuits brought in the US that claim its heartburn therapies Nexium and Prilosec caused kid

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J&J doublet beats Tagrisso in first-line lung cancer

AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso could face some serious competition as a first-line targeted therapy for advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in

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NICE turns down Enhertu in “devastating” move, says charity

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu should not be made available via the NHS for HER2-low metastatic or unresectable breast cancer after chemotherapy, according to pr

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CDC backs maternal use of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine

The way has been largely cleared for the rollout of Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine to help protect newborns and infants from the virus after an advisor

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AZ, Daiichi Sankyo cue up TROP2 drug filing in breast cancer

Armed with the first phase 3 data for their TROP2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) datopotamab deruxtecan as a second-line treatment for breast cancer, AstraZeneca

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