AstraZeneca Under Soriot: Progress Report

Last week, AstraZeneca's CEO Pascal Soriot was rumored to be preparing for a move to run Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. This week, he's rumored to be staying put. Scrip takes a look at the key moments in his tenure at the UK big pharma, and the progress on targets.

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How is Soriot doing in Year 5 at AstraZeneca?

Rumors swirl around AstraZeneca PLC's CEO of five years, Pascal Soriot. The company's market capitalization slipped by £2.45bn (-3.7%) on Thursday and Friday last week amid claims he was preparing to join Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., which has been hunting for a CEO since February. Over the weekend, AstraZeneca said Soriot would be presenting the company's quarterly results on 27 July and speculation switched to the likelihood that Soriot will stay at AZ, sending Teva's shares into a 3.1% decline. Scrip takes a look at the track record of the man who can cause so much market turbulence.

Brought in to run the UK big pharma in 2012 after his predecessor David Brennan was squeezed into retirement, Soriot...

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