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Ten big pharma companies collaborate on data sharing AI
A new AI project marks the first time 10 pharmaceutical companies have agreed to share data to aid drug discovery.
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AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc is an Anglo–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company.
In 2013, it moved its headquarters to Cambridge, United Kingdom, and concentrated its R&D in three sites: Cambridge, Gaithersburg, Maryland (location of MedImmune) for work on biopharmaceuticals, and Mölndal (near Gothenburg) in Sweden, for research on traditional chemical drugs. In 2015, it was the eighth-largest drug company in the world based on sales revenue.
AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation. The company was founded in 1999 through the merger of the Swedish Astra AB and the English Zeneca Group (itself formed by the demerger of the pharmaceutical operations of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1993). It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Cambridge Antibody Technology (in 2006), MedImmune (in 2007), Spirogen (in 2013) and Definiens (by MedImmune in 2014).
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Continuous wet granulation manufacturing collaboration
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Vaccine facility targets development and manufacturing to fight pandemics
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EMA accepts Marketing Authorisation Variation for Forxiga in adults with type-1 diabetes
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Tudorza reduces exacerbations in COPD patients
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EMA accepts regulatory submission for Tagrisso in 1st-line EGFR-mutated NSCLC
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FDA approves Fasenra for severe eosinophilic asthma
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Pursuing great science with MedImmune
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FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to Tagrisso for NSCLC
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Type 2 diabetes drug provides significant benefits to type 1 diabetic patients
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Biopharma stages a strong recovery
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