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AstraZeneca has recently expanded its footprint into its two largest markets, the United States and China

Business

AstraZeneca profit jumps as cancer drug sales grow

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday that its net profit jumped 45 percent last year on strong sales of cancer drugs, as it expands...

AFPFebruary 10, 2026

China is AstraZeneca's second-largest market after the United States

World

UK drugs giant AstraZeneca announces $15 bn investment in China

British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca said Thursday that it would invest $15 billion in China through 2030 to expand its medicines manufacturing and research, during...

AFPJanuary 29, 2026

In July, AstraZeneca announced plans to invest $50 billion by 2030 on boosting its US manufacturing and research operations

Business

Drugmaker AstraZeneca profit jumps as US business grows

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced surging quarterly profit Thursday on strong sales of cancer drugs and as the group zones in on the United...

AFPNovember 6, 2025

AstraZeneca's announcement included a new factory in the US state of Virginia, which will be the company's 'largest single manufacturing investment'

Business

AstraZeneca to invest $50 bn in the US as tariff threat looms

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it would invest $50 billion in the United States by 2030 amid Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs...

AFPJuly 22, 2025

Business

AstraZeneca says to invest $50 bn in the US

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it would invest $50 billion in the United States amid a looming deadline of ramped-up tariffs from Washington....

AFPJuly 22, 2025

The United States is a key market for the pharmaceutical industry, and AstraZeneca had already planning to invest $3.5 billion there by the end of 2026

Business

AstraZeneca moves some production to US amid tariff threat

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced Tuesday that it has begun moving some of its European production to the United States, ahead of President Donald...

AFPApril 29, 2025

AstraZeneca rapidly developed the successful Covid-19 jab during the coronavirus pandemic which erupted in the first half of 2020

Business

AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccine as demand dives

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it was withdrawing Covid vaccine Vaxzevria, one of the first produced in the deadly pandemic, citing “commercial reasons”...

AFPMay 8, 2024

The takeover marks the latest push by AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot to bolster the Covid vaccine maker's pipeline of new products

Business

AstraZeneca buys US biotech firm CinCor

Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Monday agreed to buy US biotech company CinCor for $1.8 billion, expanding further into the field of heart and...

AFPJanuary 9, 2023