24 August 2016

AstraZeneca today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) to sell the commercialisation and development rights to its late-stage small molecule antibiotics business in most markets globally outside the US*. The agreement reinforces AstraZeneca’s focus on developing transformational medicines in its three main therapy areas, while realising value from the strong portfolio of established and late-stage small molecule antibiotics through Pfizer’s dedicated commercialisation and development capabilities in anti-infectives. The portfolio comprises the approved antibiotics Merrem, Zinforo and Zavicefta, and ATM-AVI and CXL, which are in clinical development.

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