The accumulating data led researchers at Zeneca Group, now AstraZeneca, to wonder whether blocking EGF receptors with a drug might slow tumor growth.

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Now, AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) is in late-stage testing for an experimental pill called Exanta that could eventually replace warfarin.

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Renovis and AstraZeneca now have a drug called Cerovive in final-stage trials.

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Now, with vandetanib, AstraZeneca will be facing even more hurdles.

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Studies of free radicals, a major suspect in aging, led to a promising stroke drug now in final-stage trials at AstraZeneca.

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Now, Bristol could look attractive to other pharmaceutical companies, like AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline or Pfizer, leading to a bidding war.

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The data show that women now make up roughly 40% of all senior managers at Abbott, AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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The country has also had success commercializing pharmaceutical research (think AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) and Pharmacia, now owned by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people )).

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Separately, Dr. Warrell said that the FDA faced "a tough call" in whether or not to approve the lung cancer drug Iressa from British drugmaker AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ), which is now in the late stages of regulatory review.

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