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AstraZeneca Shareholders Target CEO Pay

16.03.2016 - AstraZeneca shareholders are said to be questioning the £8.4 million pay package awarded to CEO executive Pascal Soriot last year after he successfully deflected a hostile bid from...

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New AstraZeneca CEO Gets $6.4 Million for Jumping Ship

29.10.2012 - Struggling British drugmaker AstraZeneca is giving its new chief executive Pascal Soriot 4 million pounds ($6.44 million) compensation for loss of long-term incentives from his...

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AstraZeneca Grabs Roche Pharma Head as New CEO

28.08.2012 - AstraZeneca has poached Pascal Soriot from rival Roche Holding to be its new chief executive, hoping his track record in drug innovation and dealmaking can revive a company...

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AstraZeneca Braced for Change under New Chairman

01.06.2012 - AstraZeneca's new chairman took the helm on Friday and said the troubled drugmaker faced "a period of significant change". Leif Johansson's first priority is to find a permanent...

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AstraZeneca CEO Quits as Drug Sales Tumble

26.04.2012 - AstraZeneca Chief Executive David Brennan is to step down on June 1 in an abrupt exit after six years in the top job, following rising investor discontent at the company's...

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Astra Fuels Biotech M&A with $1.3 bln Ardea Buy

23.04.2012 - AstraZeneca has agreed to buy U.S. company Ardea Biosciences for $1.26 billion, giving it a new gout drug to bolster its weak pipeline in a deal that feeds a wave of M&A in the...

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AstraZeneca May Sell Astra Tech To Dentsply

21.06.2011 - Anglo-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca is in final talks to sell its Swedish healthcare and dental business Astra Tech to Dentsply International in a deal that could value the...