Thursday, 29 April 2010
AstraZeneca’s first quarter results reflect continued strong market performance for key brands like Crestor, Seroquel and Symbicort. The company saw revenue growth in all major regions, including another strong quarter in Emerging Markets. Looking forward, revenue comparisons will become more challenging in the second half of the year as a result of the uplift from Toprol-XL and H1N1 vaccine sales in 2009 and the expiration of the Arimidex patent later this year. Revenue in the first quarter increased by 7 percent at CER, but was up 11 percent on an actual basis as a result of the positive impact of exchange rate movements.
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