AstraZeneca strikes $4.7bn China deal to boost weight-loss drugs pipeline
Drugmaker expands push into fast-growing market
Drugmaker expands push into fast-growing market

Pharma group has installed new leadership in the country and pledged $2.5bn for a Beijing R&D centre

Clinical studies can be finished faster and cheaper than in US and provide an earlier sign of a drug’s potential

Resumption of £300mn in UK projects is a result of trade deal with US that aims to increase medicines spending

Chief executive Pascal Soriot applauds the deal with Donald Trump as ‘a big win’ for US patients

Deal would be the biggest by a large pharma company buying a foothold in the lucrative weight-loss drug market

Two groups fight for edge in one of the most lucrative drug classes in pharmaceutical industry history