Farxiga Flying Off The Shelf At AstraZeneca

The UK major has raised its full-year sales and earnings forecast on strong demand in the second quarter for its cancer, rare disease and cardiovascular medicines.

Pascal Soriot
Pascal Soriot • Source: AstraZeneca

Much of the attention on AstraZeneca PLC in the past couple of years has focused on its blooming oncology franchise but its top earner is the pipeline-in-a-product Farxiga and sales of the SGLT2 inhibitor, which is approved type 2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease, have soared again in the second quarter.

Speaking to Scrip as the UK-headquartered giant unveiled its latest set of financials, CEO Pascal Soriot said that Farxiga/Forxiga (dapagliflozin) was "the poster child of where the industry can deliver. It is a medicine that is accessible to almost everybody around the world [and] billions of people can benefit from it

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