AstraZeneca's Pipeline Reaps Rewards Of Return To Science

AstraZeneca rounded off a busy 2017 full of R&D highs, but some huge lows, with a full Phase III pipeline that it says shows how far the company has come since Pascal Soriot took the reins in 2012 and spearheaded a renewed focus on science. But will the company become a victim of its own success?

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A year of "unprecedented" activity and a Phase III pipeline brimming over with products allowed AstraZeneca PLC to claim at an R&D day on Dec. 14 that its focus on science in the five years since CEO Pascal Soriot arrived has changed the culture of its business.

Sean Bohen, chief medical officer and EVP of global medicines development told analysts that the sheer number of positive results...

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