AstraZeneca's CEO gets U.K. knighthood
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AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) CEOÂ Pascal Soriot was awardedÂ British knighthood for services to the U.K. life sciences and leadership in the global response to COVID-19 pandemic.
ASoriot, anÂ Australian citizen,Â joined the British pharma giant about a decade ago on Oct. 1, 2012.
The Oxford University and AstraZeneca developed theÂ COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria, which brought in ~$1.15B in Q1. meanwhile, COVID therapy Evusheld had generated sales of $469M in Q1.