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AZN Astrazeneca Plc

12,016.00
-8.00 (-0.07%)
Last Updated: 09:15:27
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Astrazeneca Plc LSE:AZN London Ordinary Share GB0009895292 ORD SHS $0.25
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -8.00 -0.07% 12,016.00 12,016.00 12,020.00 12,066.00 11,944.00 11,950.00 159,301 09:15:27
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Pharmaceutical Preparations 45.81B 5.96B 3.8415 31.35 186.7B

Pandemic's Effect Is 'Highly Uncertain', Says AstraZeneca

29/04/2020 8:55am

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By Denise Roland

 

AstraZeneca PLC said stockpiling of medicines boosted first-quarter sales but warned it was hard to predict the overall impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The British drugmaker on Wednesday said the longer-term impact of the pandemic was "highly uncertain" with any damaging ramifications for the company depending on its duration, extent and severity. It added that the pandemic could hurt drug development, new medicine launches and the manufacturing or supply of medicines. For now, the company has retained its full-year guidance.

AstraZeneca said revenue in the three months to March 31 rose 17% at constant currencies to $6.4 billion. It attributed a low-to-mid single-digit percentage of that growth to patients filling their prescriptions for longer periods because of the pandemic. It expects that effect to reverse in the coming months.

Net profit rose 32% to $780 million, largely thanks to higher sales and proceeds from licensing deals. Core earnings per share, a measure that strips out one-time items, rose 21% to $1.05.

 

Write to Denise Roland at denise.roland@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 29, 2020 03:40 ET (07:40 GMT)

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