AstraZeneca

The Waterford-born academic and foreign policy expert was a low-profile figure until she became the focus of sharp criticism for chairing the Government’s forum on security

In Dublin, shares were down on the day, in line with European peers.

Iseq index finished the session up 1%, driven by growing optimism about the path for interest rates

Irish index ends week slightly higher

Investors keep eye on geopolitical tensions ahead of trip by US president Joe Biden to Israel

Claims were filed against the company for failing to warn patients about the risk of chronic kidney disease

Expensive medicines made by Pfizer, J&J and Merck selected for talks in biggest pharma shake-up in decades

Aer Lingus owner IAG was the biggest gainer on the FTSE 100 index

Irish banks made ground while US indices were also ahead in truncated session ahead of indpendence day holiday

Project delivery specialist reported operating profits of €44m for 2022

Trading thin on Monday with US markets shut for a public holiday

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker views listing a separate unit in Hong Kong as potential shelter from global strife

Main benchmark logs steep weekly decline on growing concerns over slowing global economy and uncertainty around US debt ceiling talks

US consumer price index comes in marginally below expectations, with core prices as expected

Project to generate extra 105 jobs

Drugmaker’s Xevudy fails to tackle most prevalent variants of coronavirus, say US regulators

More than 850,000 doses of past-expiry date Covid-19 vaccines thrown out

Multinational chief executives stress the importance of creating a more level playing field if China wants to attract more foreign investment

Questions remain about hospitalisation and side effects but drugmaker stays step ahead of British group GSK which faces similar panel

Iseq index moves in line with European peers after 0.5% gain

Pharma giant’s chief executive Pascal Soriot says Irish Government ‘very committed’ to delivering green energy

Microsoft among the climbers on Wall Street as it unveils new AI-powered version of search engine Bing

Proposed plant in west Dublin would create some 105 new jobs

Euronext Dublin outperforms international peers on the back of 3 per cent climb by Ryanair

New study identifies ‘trained immunity’ to other infections from Covid-19 vaccine

Anglo-Swedish group to pay premium to expand its line of heart and kidney drugs

Ireland has moved from a position when a lot of factors were in its favour to a more mixed picture

Chief commercial officer Luke Miels looking at targets, especially in cancer therapies, worth up to $2.5bn

Latest Responsibility 100 index shows Albert Manifold’s €13.9m pay packet was 289 times CRH’s median wage

Amazon’s share price surges after chief executive Andy Jassy signals cost review

Drugs giant says application with the FDA had become overly complicated and ‘very large’

New ‘smart factory’ will allow British pharmaceutical giant to develop and commercialise multiple drugs at one site

Just 647 Irish patients have used Paxlovid, taken by US president Joe Biden when he caught the virus last month

Deal will help bolster its blood cancer portfolio

Rare disease group’s boss says Ireland is an ‘increasingly critical global hub’ for the business

Doctors hopeful antibody therapy could change treatment for most common type of late-stage breast cancer

Planet Business: Chaotic airports everywhere, the easing of Shanghai’s 65-day lockdown and arise, Sir Pascal

Iseq in Dublin closes the session up 1.3%

Therapies include those designed to target people with compromised immune systems

Building and travel stocks struggle on Iseq