(CTN News) – AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical corporation, made the announcement on Tuesday that it planned to boost its total income by 75%, from $45.8 billion in 2023 to $80 billion by 2030.
“The portfolio and the breadth and scale of the portfolio that we see today gives us a lot of confidence in this 80 billion ambition,” Aradhana Sarin, Chief Financial Officer of AstraZeneca, remarked to Arabile Gumede as part of a conversation that took place on Tuesday.
The biopharmaceuticals, oncology, and rare disorders businesses will be the primary areas of focus for AstraZeneca as it expects to deliver an additional twenty treatments over the course of the next six years.
Sarin made the observation, “Many of them have the potential to be $5 billion drugs.” During peak years, several of the new products may achieve this income level each year, as stated in a statement released by the company.
As of 9:35 a.m. London time, AstraZeneca shares traded in Europe had increased by 0.66% following the announcement.
AstraZeneca has the intention of developing pharmaceuticals that are capable of treating at least fifty percent of all conceivable cases of cancer, in addition to developing alternatives to conventional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
CNBC reported that Sarin said, “We think we have the technology today to start replacing them, but it will take time to replace the entire market.”
AstraZeneca’s Enhertu is a combination of antibodies developed with Daiichi Sankyo,
A Japanese pharmaceutical company. The drugs are intended to be used in the treatment of breast cancer patients. Many of its cancer treatments have previously been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
In addition, AstraZeneca reported that it has acquired both domestic and international pharmaceutical companies, including Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a company that specializes in the treatment of cancer. On Monday, the business made public its intention to commence the construction of a production facility in Singapore for the production of antibody drug conjugates.
It is anticipated that this cutting-edge technology will take over the function of chemotherapy. The complex nature of that production necessitates the implementation of an end-to-end solution, which is why we decided to make an investment in Singapore, as stated by Sarin. In addition, she mentioned that investments have been done at various other AstraZeneca headquarters.
“Post-COVID-19 era”
During the time that AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford collaborated to develop one of the first medicines against the Covid-19 outbreak, the firm gained a lot of notoriety. The drug known as Vaxzevria will be removed from the market as a result of a decrease in demand as well as the development of alternative injections that are specifically formulated for specific strains of the Covid virus.
During an interview, Sarin stated, “This is the post-Covid era for us, for sure.” Due to the fact that the Covid pandemic constituted a public health emergency, we made sure to offer additional immunizations to those who needed them. It was not really our business to be involved in the immunization process for the Covid virus.
According to Sarin, AstraZeneca will continue to focus its business efforts on areas like cardio-vascular health and oncology, just as it has done in the history of its operations. According to her, the development endeavors of AstraZeneca will also include the creation of drugs for metabolic illnesses and diabetes.
“We’re looking at some weight management drugs as well, maybe in combination with medications that help with comorbidities that a lot of patients with these kinds of problems have,” according to the company representative.
Last year, AstraZeneca entered a market that is now controlled by Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, as well as Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro, for weight management pharmaceuticals by signing a contract with Eccogene Pharmaceuticals, which is based in Shanghai. The treatment in question is a weight-loss and cardio-metabolic treatment.
On the other hand, competitors such as Pfizer and Amgen may be able to exercise a greater amount of influence this year due to supply concerns.
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