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AZ replants R&D roots in China, goes all-in on innovation

AstraZeneca throws weight behind China innovation while several peers focus on commercialization

November 7, 2019 2:35 AM UTC
Updated on Nov 9, 2019 at 3:40 AM UTC

In a big week for MNCs in China, AstraZeneca defined the latest move in its China strategy with an ‘all-in’ approach to innovation that goes full throttle by fostering R&D, AI and company formation.

As MNCs twist and turn on how best to participate in China’s growing biopharma sector and tap its increasingly important market, AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN) is charting a different course from some its peers...