AstraZeneca Links With Alibaba And Tencent In China 'Digital Health' Push
Executive Summary
AstraZeneca agreed two new deals with Chinese tech groups Alibaba and Tencent as it tries to expand business in modernizing China, now the UK drug maker's second-largest market after the US.
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