AZ COMPLETES AGREEMENT WITH PERRIGO
ASTRAZENECA COMPLETES AGREEMENT WITH PERRIGO FOR RIGHTS TO ENTOCORT® IN THE US AstraZeneca today announced that it has completed its agreement with Perrigo Company plc for the divestment of US rights to Entocort® (budesonide), a gastroenterology medicine for patients with mild to moderate Crohn's disease, an area of medicine outside AstraZeneca's strategic focus. Upon completion of the agreement, Perrigo paid AstraZeneca $380 million to acquire the rights to sell Entocort capsules and the authorised generic Entocort capsules marketed by Par Pharmaceuticals. The transaction does not