AZN News & Events

A report led by Senator Bernie Sanders found that prescription drug prices have continued to rise despite prior pricing agreements with Presidnet Donald Trump, with some medications seeing significant increases and new drugs launching at very high annual costs, NBC News' Berkeley Lovelace Jr. reports. The findings highlight ongoing challenges in controlling U.S. drug pricing ahead of a Senate hearing on the issue. Publicly traded companies in the space include AstraZeneca (AZN), Bristol Myers (BMY), Eli Lilly (LLY), GSK (GSK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck (MRK), Novartis (NVS), Pfizer (PFE), Roche (RHHBY) and Sanofi (SNY).

CDT Equity (CDT) provides a strategic update outlining its positioning as a multi-pathway value creation business spanning a pharmaceutical asset portfolio, proprietary solid-form intellectual property and artificial intelligence-driven indication discovery. CDT continues to evaluate and advance its portfolio of assets licensed from AstraZeneca (AZN), including AZD1656, AZD5658 and AZD5904, which benefit from extensive clinical validation and established safety profiles, through combination therapies and novel indications. These assets are a strong foundation for partnership, supported by CDT's ongoing solid-form and cocrystal innovation programs designed to enhance physicochemical properties and extend patent life.