Tag: Pascal Soriot

Annual COVID-19 Boosters May Not Be Good Use of Resources: AstraZeneca Boss

Annual booster vaccination against COVID-19 may not be “a good use of resources,” the boss of major vaccine maker AstraZeneca has said. The UK health authorities are offering a booster jab to everyone over the age of 50 to protect them from COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases this winter. But Pascal Soriot, AstraZeneca’s chief executive…


AstraZeneca CEO Warns New US Drug Price Law Will Hurt Innovation

LONDON—AstraZeneca’s Chief Executive Officer Pascal Soriot warned on Tuesday new U.S. legislation capping drug prices would reduce the ability of companies to recoup their investment on developing new drugs and hurt innovation. In a Reuters Newsmaker interview, he said the British drugmaker’s top-selling cancer therapy Tagrisso as well as its potential blockbuster Enhertu would likely…


AstraZeneca, Still Unsure of Need for COVID-19 Booster

This story originally appeared on ValueWalk Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca plc, said the company still doesn’t know if a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine will be necessary to maintain protection against the virus. Time Will Tell Soriot told CNBC: “There are two dimensions to this immunity—antibodies [which] decline over time, but the second,…