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Next Up For AstraZeneca: Building Out In Renal Disease

 
• By Jessica Merrill

US President Ruud Dobber talked to Scrip about expanding in renal disease, balancing the fast-growing oncology portfolio against other priority disease areas, and the company's anticipated return to growth. The big challenge going into 2019, he said, is external factors. "I'm not able to change the view of the President," he said.

Ruud Dobber
AstraZeneca US President Ruud Dobber

AstraZeneca PLC is working to balance its fast-growing oncology portfolio against other priority therapy areas, which include a new specialty in renal disease. The company's oncology portfolio has grown in importance in terms of revenues over the past two years, while growth in cardiovascular/metabolic and respiratory disease has lagged, under pressure from generic competition and other commercial challenges.

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