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...Shares in Oxford BioMedica fell after it paused manufacturing of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine....
...Irn-Bru maker AG Barr was rated “underweight” while AB InBev, Britvic, Campari and Rémy Cointreau were all given “equal weight” recommendations....
...Symonds, who is currently deputy group chairman of HSBC, is a former finance director at rival drugmakers AstraZeneca and Novartis. More here....
...Ahead of a trading update due on September 11, Primark owner AB Foods gained 2.4 per cent to £32.93....
...Companies including GAM, the Swiss asset manager, AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swiss drugmaker, Burberry, the fashion house, and Wells Fargo, the US bank, all suffered shareholder revolts this year....
...The past six years had been “an exciting but also challenging time”, said Mr Johansson, who is also non-executive chairman of Anglo-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca....
...AB Foods have gained 30 per cent since February while the FTSE 350 general retailers’ index is little changed....
...AB Foods slumped 10.8 per cent to £28.15, Marks and Spencer faded 5.1 per cent to 326.2p and Next was off 2.8 per cent to £52.90....
...Targets have included AstraZeneca, the UK-based biopharmaceuticals company, Johnson Controls, a maker of industrial gear, and the Las Vegas Sands casino operator....
...More broadly, the Scandinavian fund manager has continued to press many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Roche, to scrutinise practices in their supply chains...
...of pharmaceutical rival AstraZeneca....
...Some big City shareholders, including Schroders and Jupiter, wanted AstraZeneca to accept the offer....
...He has played an important role in many recent cross-border deals involving the UK including helping AstraZeneca fight off a bid from Pfizer....
...AstraZeneca, Pfizer and others are not aware of the seriousness of it. They are quite ignorant.” AstraZeneca and Pfizer declined to comment....
...Having last year had its takeover of AstraZeneca blocked, Pfizer has reportedly been investigating breaking up its business....
...“Now is arguably the best time for AB InBev to finance a bid on SAB, courtesy of bond and foreign exchange markets,” said Exane....
...Hotels, Smith & Nephew and AstraZeneca have released their results....
...These are not illegal scams, but the differences between the offer prices from AB InBev for SABMiller and Royal Dutch Shell’s for BG. Both deals are agreed....
...He said that it was too early to tell if the Wallenbergs’ holdings — which also include AstraZeneca, SAS, SKF and Atlas Copco — would stop investing in the UK, but added: “The UK stands for a liberal, mercantile...
...His leadership spanned a period of great corporate change in Sweden, resulting in the creation of companies including ABB, the Swiss-Swedish engineering group, and AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals...
...Investment, Woodford Investment Management Matt Regan General Manager, AbbVie Alan Hirzel Chief Executive, Abcam Timothy J Haines Managing Partner, Abingworth Mark Algar Co-Founder & Director, AB...
...That could affect a number mooted deals from the beverage industry — where investors are watching closely to see if global beer giant AB InBev makes an approach for London and Johannesburg-listed rival SABMiller...
...While acknowledging that some big shareholders were unhappy, they said an equal number had spoken out in favour of the board’s position, pointing to supportive statements from Fidelity, M & G and Investor AB...
...AstraZeneca says the dissent is outweighed by the public support it has received not only from Investor AB – the asset management company of Sweden’s Wallenberg family, which owns 4 per cent of the company...
...The Indian unit is 75 per cent owned by AstraZeneca’s Swedish arm, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals AB....
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