With new CEO Pascal Soriot just getting comfy in the CEO chair at AstraZeneca (AZN), he lost little time in making a mark on the company. On Monday, the large (but struggling) but British drug company announced
that it would suspend its buyback pending a "review of the company's
strategy". While it certainly makes sense that the new CEO may just as
soon keep $2 billion on hand (the company has completed $2.3 billion of
an approved $4.5 billion buyback) for the time being, there are
widespread assumptions that this is prelude to a larger deal.
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AstraZeneca Suspends The Buyback: Let The M&A Speculation Commence
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