Next Up For AstraZeneca: Building Out In Renal Disease
Executive Summary
US President Ruud Dobber talked to Scrip about expanding in renal disease, balancing the fast-growing oncology portfolio against other priority disease areas, and the company's anticipated return to growth. The big challenge going into 2019, he said, is external factors. "I'm not able to change the view of the President," he said.
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