AstraZeneca pauses $270 million investment in Britain
By Alistair Smout and Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's biggest company AstraZeneca (AZN) has paused a planned 200 million pound ($271.26 million) investment in its Cambridge research site, a spokesperson said, the latest drugmaker to retreat from Britain. The decision on the investment, which had been set to create 1,000 jobs, means none of the AstraZeneca's planned new funding - originally announced in March 2024 - is currently proceeding. In January, the company scrapped plans to invest 450 mil ...