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AstraZeneca

158.73 USD
-1.39
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At close Updated Oct 8, 3:59 PM EDT
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158.78
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3 months
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Year to date
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1 year
-7.04%
5 years
30.94%
10 years
147.55%
 

About: A merger between Astra of Sweden and Zeneca of the United Kingdom formed AstraZeneca in 1999. The firm sells branded drugs across a number of major therapeutic areas, including oncology (over 40% of total revenue), cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic (over 20%), rare disease (16%), and respiratory and immunology (15%). The majority of sales comes from international markets, with the United States representing close to one-third of its sales.

Employees: 96,100

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GlobeNewsWire
7 hours ago
Myriad Genetics and SOPHiA GENETICS Announce New Collaboration to Advance Prostate Genomic Instability Score Technology
SALT LAKE CITY and BOSTON, Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in molecular diagnostic testing and precision medicine and SOPHiA GENETICS (NASDAQ: SOPH) today announce a collaboration to advance new prostate cancer-specific genomic instability score (PrGIS) technology to support precision oncology approaches with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN). PrGIS is a novel biomarker signature designed to assess chromosomal instability associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in prostate cancer patients.
Myriad Genetics and SOPHiA GENETICS Announce New Collaboration to Advance Prostate Genomic Instability Score Technology
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PRNewsWire
7 hours ago
SOPHiA GENETICS and Myriad Genetics Announce New Collaboration to Advance Prostate Genomic Instability Score Technology
BOSTON, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (NASDAQ: SOPH) and Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN) today announce a collaboration to advance new prostate cancer-specific genomic instability score (PrGIS) technology to support precision oncology approaches with AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN). PrGIS is a novel biomarker signature designed to assess chromosomal instability associated with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in prostate cancer patients.
SOPHiA GENETICS and Myriad Genetics Announce New Collaboration to Advance Prostate Genomic Instability Score Technology
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Proactive Investors
1 day ago
Jefferies maintains 'buy' rating on AstraZeneca ahead of third-quarter results
Jefferies maintained a 'buy' rating on AstraZeneca PLC (LSE:AZN, NASDAQ:AZN), the biopharmaceutical company, with a 17,500p price target, representing 46% potential upside from its 11,958p share price. The broker expects AstraZeneca to report third-quarter revenue about 1% ahead of the Visible Alpha consensus and core earnings before interest and tax at 3% above expectations.
Jefferies maintains 'buy' rating on AstraZeneca ahead of third-quarter results
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Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Astrazeneca (AZN) Exceeds Market Returns: Some Facts to Consider
In the latest trading session, Astrazeneca (AZN) closed at $158.61, marking a +1.33% move from the previous day.
Astrazeneca (AZN) Exceeds Market Returns: Some Facts to Consider
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Proactive Investors
2 days ago
Citi raises AstraZeneca target to £186 as tozorakimab prospects improve
Citi raised its target price for AstraZeneca PLC (LSE:AZN, NASDAQ:AZN), the FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company, to £186 from £178 and retained its 'buy' rating after recent clinical developments. The broker increased its peak sales forecast for tozorakimab to $7 billion and for SERENA-6 to $1.1 billion, more than offsetting the removal of its $1.7 billion forecast for SERENA-4.
Citi raises AstraZeneca target to £186 as tozorakimab prospects improve
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CNBC
3 days ago
AstraZeneca CEO says Summit drug could drive next generation of cancer combinations after $2 billion investment
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot told CNBC that Summit Therapeutics' lead drug could help power next-generation cancer combinations that could be the "future of cancer care." Soriot spoke exclusively with CNBC from the site of AstraZeneca's new more than $1 billion research and development facility in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
AstraZeneca CEO says Summit drug could drive next generation of cancer combinations after $2 billion investment
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Reuters
3 days ago
AstraZeneca to invest over $1 billion in Massachusetts, boost workforce
AstraZeneca said on Monday it would spend more than $1 billion in Massachusetts ​as part of its broader $50 billion US ‌investment plan, a move expected to expand its workforce in the state by more than 50% in ​the coming years.
AstraZeneca to invest over $1 billion in Massachusetts, boost workforce
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Business Wire
3 days ago
AstraZeneca opens new global strategic R&D center in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AstraZeneca today announced the opening of its newest global strategic research and development (R&D) center, in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The new state-of-the-art facility builds on the Company's existing presence in Cambridge and Boston and places its scientists at the heart of one of the world's most innovative life sciences ecosystems. Together with its site for genomic medicine at 100 Binney Street, The AstraZeneca R&D Center Kenda.
AstraZeneca opens new global strategic R&D center in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Zacks Investment Research
3 days ago
SMMT Inks Deal With AZN-Daiichi to Study Ivonescimab + Datroway Combos
Summit is teaming up with AstraZeneca and Daiichi to test ivonescimab with Datroway across breast and lung cancers, broadening its potential.
SMMT Inks Deal With AZN-Daiichi to Study Ivonescimab + Datroway Combos
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Business Wire
3 days ago
AstraZeneca Completes $2 Billion Equity Investment in Summit Therapeutics
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMT) today announced the successful closing of AstraZeneca's (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN) strategic equity investment in Summit. The equity investment will support continued acceleration of the development of ivonescimab, a novel, potential first-in-class investigational PD-1 / VEGF bispecific antibody. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into by Summit and AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca purchased an aggregate of approxi.
AstraZeneca Completes $2 Billion Equity Investment in Summit Therapeutics
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