Jun 7, 2022
AstraZeneca looks beyond vaccines but has no regrets, says CEO
An illustration picture shows a drop from a syringe with the logo of British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on November 17, 2020. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
From the BBC World Service: Pascal Soriot, chief executive of the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant, recently sat down with the BBC to talk about the decision to sell vaccines at-cost during the height of the pandemic, and the impact of COVID-19 on the business. Sri Lanka's new prime minister says the country will need at least $5 billion over the next six months just to maintain basic functions. And British singer Kate Bush has made a global chart comeback, thanks to the Netflix show "Stranger Things."
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