ASTRAZENECA SHARPENS FOCUS ON MAIN THERAPY AREAS THROUGH AGREEMENT WITH GASTROENTEROLOGY SPECIALIST TILLOTTS PHARMA FOR ENTOCORT

AstraZeneca announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Tillotts Pharma AG (Tillotts), part of the Zeria Group, for the divestment of global rights, outside the US, to Entocort (budesonide), a gastroenterology medicine for patients with mild to moderate Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Entocort is currently available in over 40 countries, with total product sales of $53 million outside the US in 2014. A regulatory submission for Entocort in Japan is anticipated in the coming months.09 July 2015 AstraZeneca announced today that it has entered into an agreement with