Trending News: ‘No option but to bat at 5 or 6’: Tilak Varma on adapting to new role in India’s T20I setup | Cricket News‘Savings will run out in a year’: Veteran actor Anita Kanwal reveals financial crisis | Bollywood NewsMissouri man was fixing a fence after a months-long property-line dispute when his neighbour allegedly fired a shot; police say video showed a 60-year-old woman pointing a gun at the fence, and court set $500,000 bond‘Hardik Pandya is irreplaceable’: Sunil Gavaskar believes India should stop searching for a direct replacement for all-rounder | Cricket NewsTTF Vasan outsmarts entire Bigg Boss Tamil 10 house to win diamond heist, earns praise | Tamil NewsPeople paid to clear their criminal records but allegedly received forged court orders; after a three-year investigation, an Indiana law firm employee faces 42 felony charges and three misdemeanorsIndus Valley motifs feature on blazers as India brings 5,000 years of heritage to Para Asian Games opening ceremony | Asian Para Games 2026 News‘My wife yelled at me’: Rohit Roy reacts after TV actors attack his ‘dustbin medium’ remark | Television NewsAretha Franklin bought Detroit’s Rose Estate in 1994, but it later sat boarded up and sold for $300,000 after her death; new owners have since invested more than $2 million restoring the historic homeAll’s well that ends in a catch: Faheem Ashraf saves Pakistan after Baig’s drop – Watch | Cricket NewsTiger Shroff played football with Aparshakti Khurana, Karanveer Mehra, Abhishek Bajaj before shooting incidentIn 2023, California scientists moved 246 endangered black abalone to a protected coastline; three years later, site counts rose from 54 to 302, density hit 1 per sq metre and juveniles appearedBreaking down to build again: Andrey Rublev’s bid to reinvent himself | Tennis NewsTiger Shroff reaches home under police protection after shooting, watch | Bollywood NewsIn 2013, Eva Longoria’s foundation and a California lender started a $55,000 fund for six women; a decade later, it had generated nearly $525,000 in loans and helped create or maintain 150 jobsShafali Verma scripts history with ninth 50-plus score as India thrash Zimbabwe to seal T20I series | Cricket NewsKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actor Aman Gandhi evicted from Bigg Boss 20 | Television NewsIn 2017, a Michigan father turned free Halloween decorations into a backyard attraction that he says drew 18,000 visitors in 2024; nine years later, a neighbour’s complaint sparked a dispute with the cityFrom the Opinions Editor: A hot and polluted autumn in Mumbai frames a new environmental challengeFormer prisoner’s BKFC fight ends in 4th-round KO against full time active police officer who felt bad for his kids | Boxing News‘He lost all public recognition’: Akhil Marar on Rahul Easwar’s Bigg Boss Malayalam 8 stint | Malayalam NewsPakistan Moon Landing 2035: Pakistan plans Moon landing by 2035, expands space cooperation with ChinaAsian Para Games: Can India’s para-athletes script another 100-medal triumph despite a smaller contingent? | Asian Para Games 2026 NewsTiger Shroff shot at in Mumbai: When the underworld turned its guns on Bollywood | Bollywood NewsBrazilian man sells all his belongings and travels 1,200 miles to meet online girlfriend he hoped to marry, only to discover she was an AI-generated farm girl seeking a partnerRory McIlroy explains why he played in India after PGA Tour player Kevin Kisner accused him of chasing reported $10m appearance fee | Golf NewsRejected by actors, Rs 2.5 cr Premada Ooralli makes 30x returns after street promotions | Regional NewsA Florida couple’s marriage lasted just 249 days, but the husband was ordered to pay $2,675.87 a month in support for nine months; an appeals court has now overturned that alimony awardMohammad Rizwan gets first relief in PCB inquiry, allowed to resume domestic cricket | Cricket NewsNeeti Mohan’s father dies at 72; Shreya Ghoshal offers condolences | Music NewsA Michigan family owned a one-third-acre lakefront cottage before Prairie View Park was built; more than 60 years later, courts say Kalamazoo County can condemn itParental consent makes ‘fundamental’ right to internet conditionalLionel Messi proves he never forgets: Takes rare revenge on opponent with out-of-character fiery celebration after stunning solo goal | Football NewsMohanlal’s birthday twin and Mammootty’s heroine, Chitra died with unfulfilled dreams | Malayalam NewsH-1B Visas: JD Vance’s immigration tiger is turning on its rider‘Lifetime subscription to pressure’: Ex-India cricketer’s blunt defence of Sanju Samson | Cricket News‘Pray no one loses weight this way’: Shoaib Ibrahim on Dipika Kakar’s 12 kg weight loss amid cancer battlePope Leo Xiv: ‘With help of God & your prayers’: Pope Leo XIV makes first public appearance after lung cancer surgery‘Sanju Samson plays with emotions’: Ex-coach explains why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have to wait for his chance | Cricket News‘What is your educational status?’: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor bicker over Taimur’s studies | Bollywood NewsJd Vance H-1B Visas: ‘My rhetoric has been imperfect’: JD Vance walks back H-1B ‘indentured servants’ remark after India’s protestAsian Para Games Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Pramod Bhagat, Simran to be flag-bearers for IndiaPrabhas’ Spirit postponed, will now clash with Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayana 2 on Diwali 2027 | Bollywood NewsSatellite radiation: blocking the viewA Utah couple wanted a place to scuba without travelling, so they built a $2 million, 360,000-gallon backyard pool with a 90-foot mountain, five waterfalls, a 300-foot lazy river and a 26-foot-deep diving tunnelShubman Gill scores just one run on Ranji Trophy return ahead of New Zealand Tests | Cricket News‘You ask me a hundred times’: Vijay Deverakonda on Rashmika Mandanna’s marriage proposal | Bollywood NewsA New Jersey mother’s 1996 will split her estate equally among four children; after her daughter became sole caregiver and a family rift, a new will cut out both sons, and an appeals court has now upheld it‘RR are at the top of the list’: Ashwin makes big revelation on Hardik Pandya trade | Cricket NewsVijay Deverakonda compares Ranabaali to Schindler’s List, Braveheart amid lukewarm response | Telugu NewsJapan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moonDemi Moore’s Idaho home has a river for swimming and kayaking, mountains nearby, and wild elk that sometimes wander into her backyard |‘Massive difference between words and actions’: Ex-India cricketer’s blunt take on Ravindra Jadeja’s snub | Cricket NewsSalman Khan slams Qazi Touqeer over Nakul Dhull-Gullu fight: ‘Started because of you’ | Television NewsRussian military satellite stalks U.S. radar satellite in orbitA 12-year-old boy was beside his mother when she passed out while driving at 60 mph, grabbed the wheel and stopped the car before calling 999; now 13, Zac Howells has won a Pride of Britain courage awardPCB snubs Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain after Imran Khan interview controversy | Cricket News‘Because of Kapil Sharma’: Saif Ali Khan reveals why he doesn’t manage his Instagram account | Bollywood NewsA California farm earned about $100 per acre a year from dry-farmed wheat; after Alan Changala leased 300 acres for solar at $1,000 per acre, the same land began paying roughly 10 times the crop incomeCoalition of ‘disillusioned’ | The Indian Express‘I will retire’: Daniil Medvedev threatens umpire in dramatic Shanghai Masters loss – Watch | Tennis NewsSuriya says students should watch podcasts instead of reels: ‘You may not learn anything’ | Tamil NewsIn 1968, Cassandra Henderson graduated from a North Carolina school; nearly 60 years later, she moved back into the same building after it was restored from 20 years of vacancy into 53 senior apartmentsWhen everything is a trigger‘Unfair’ treatment of Kuldeep Yadav? Ashwin fears another benching on NZ tour | Cricket NewsJailer 2 Box Office Collection Day 3 Updates: Rajinikanth film earns over Rs 317 crore | Tamil NewsHow a Brooklyn crypto cop took down a global scam networkInside Track: Rebellion in the AirVaibhav Sooryavanshi: ‘You have to wait’: Shreyas Iyer explains why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi missed all 5 T20Is against West Indies | Cricket News‘Mithun Chakraborty came from zero; today 5 studios run Bollywood’: Namashi Chakraborty | Bollywood NewsCost-of-living protests: Italian police clash with protesters in Milan, Bologna; Meloni condemns violenceTavleen Singh writes: Directionless cockroaches‘There is pressure on us’: Pakistan’s ICC trophy drought adds to players’ burden | Cricket NewsYash on why Ramayana makers highlighted Rs 4,000 cr budget: ‘To get importance it deserves’ | Bollywood NewsA 1923 Methodist church in Australia later served as a Sunday school and dance school before becoming a three-bedroom home with a cathedral ceiling and coloured glass; it is now listed for $865,000 to $950,000Delhi Capitals’ big IPL 2027 shake-up continues, Sri Lanka legend joins Sourav Ganguly’s team | Cricket News‘Is this you Abba?’: Ibrahim Ali Khan trolls Saif Ali Khan on his very first Instagram post | Bollywood NewsA Pennsylvania Goodwill received a small gold LEGO piece inside a donated jewelry bag and listed it from $14.95; collectors identified it as a rare 14-karat Bionicle mask and pushed the auction price to $18,101‘India need to get Shai Hope out’: Nayar suggests change in tactics against Windies skipper | Cricket News21 years after Indian Idol, Amit Sana addresses ‘rivalry’ with Abhijeet Sawant: ‘Old thing’ | Bollywood NewsIn 2016, Mike Madden paid $520,000 for Muhammad Ali’s former Pennsylvania training camp; after investing another $1 million restoring its 13 log buildings, he reopened the six-acre site in 2019 as Fighter’s HeavenVaibhav Sooryavanshi posts two-word message after sitting out 4 straight matches ahead of IND vs WI 5th T20I | Cricket News‘Ajmal Kasab claimed he came to Mumbai for Bollywood’: Ujjwal Nikam recalls 26/11 trial | Bollywood NewsMartha’s Vineyard rejected a 54-acre subdivision with 26 below-market lots and 19 luxury homes after seven marathon meetings, leaving land bought for $6.6 million in 2017 undeveloped for now‘There’s an aura’: South Africa call on KG to bring the heat against Australia | Cricket News‘My actors took 40% fees’: Subhash Ghai says today’s generation prioritises money over art | Bollywood NewsResearchers used drone LiDAR to scan rugged Australian bushland that is difficult to search on foot; the technology led them to three previously unregistered Aboriginal rock shelters with red hand stencilsIn 2026, Gerard Piqué joined India’s FYERS American Gambits after backing Freestyle Chess a year earlier: How the Barcelona legend is building his chess business empire | Football NewsBollywood’s silence on Imran Khan: When fear becomes more powerful than solidarity | Opinion-entertainment NewsSeven years after the Manchester Arena attack, Ariana Grande sent Christmas gifts to children across four hospitals in the city, continuing a connection that reached beyond her concert stageWhile Patrick Mahomes rules the NFL, Brittany Mahomes Is building her own women’s soccer legacy with the Kansas City current’s $140 million stadium | NFL NewsAnirudh Ravichander to marry Kavya Maran in November, confirms Telangana CMO | Tamil NewsIn 2006, Bob Dylan and his brother bought a 25-acre Scottish estate for £2.2 million; after the pandemic kept them away, they sold the 16-bedroom property 17 years later for £4.26 millionRain washes out Bengaluru series decider after India script history in fifth T20I against West Indies | Cricket NewsRemove the blood and violence from Telugu cinema’s 2026 blockbusters: What actually remains? | Opinion-entertainment NewsUS man accused of drugging college student with fentanyl, raping her before deathManav Suthar hopes to bank on adaptability in alien conditions | Cricket NewsInside Kapil Sharma’s Dubai cafe where masala chai costs Rs 500 and pani puri is Rs 800 | Bollywood NewsTrump aide Susie Wiles helped set up ‘sanctioned hit’ on fired White House press secy Katie Zacharia: ReportBhuvneshwar Kumar makes T20I comeback after four years as India asked to bat first against West Indies | Cricket News
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Trending News: ‘No option but to bat at 5 or 6’: Tilak Varma on adapting to new role in India’s T20I setup | Cricket News‘Savings will run out in a year’: Veteran actor Anita Kanwal reveals financial crisis | Bollywood NewsMissouri man was fixing a fence after a months-long property-line dispute when his neighbour allegedly fired a shot; police say video showed a 60-year-old woman pointing a gun at the fence, and court set $500,000 bond‘Hardik Pandya is irreplaceable’: Sunil Gavaskar believes India should stop searching for a direct replacement for all-rounder | Cricket NewsTTF Vasan outsmarts entire Bigg Boss Tamil 10 house to win diamond heist, earns praise | Tamil NewsPeople paid to clear their criminal records but allegedly received forged court orders; after a three-year investigation, an Indiana law firm employee faces 42 felony charges and three misdemeanorsIndus Valley motifs feature on blazers as India brings 5,000 years of heritage to Para Asian Games opening ceremony | Asian Para Games 2026 News‘My wife yelled at me’: Rohit Roy reacts after TV actors attack his ‘dustbin medium’ remark | Television NewsAretha Franklin bought Detroit’s Rose Estate in 1994, but it later sat boarded up and sold for $300,000 after her death; new owners have since invested more than $2 million restoring the historic homeAll’s well that ends in a catch: Faheem Ashraf saves Pakistan after Baig’s drop – Watch | Cricket NewsTiger Shroff played football with Aparshakti Khurana, Karanveer Mehra, Abhishek Bajaj before shooting incidentIn 2023, California scientists moved 246 endangered black abalone to a protected coastline; three years later, site counts rose from 54 to 302, density hit 1 per sq metre and juveniles appearedBreaking down to build again: Andrey Rublev’s bid to reinvent himself | Tennis NewsTiger Shroff reaches home under police protection after shooting, watch | Bollywood NewsIn 2013, Eva Longoria’s foundation and a California lender started a $55,000 fund for six women; a decade later, it had generated nearly $525,000 in loans and helped create or maintain 150 jobsShafali Verma scripts history with ninth 50-plus score as India thrash Zimbabwe to seal T20I series | Cricket NewsKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actor Aman Gandhi evicted from Bigg Boss 20 | Television NewsIn 2017, a Michigan father turned free Halloween decorations into a backyard attraction that he says drew 18,000 visitors in 2024; nine years later, a neighbour’s complaint sparked a dispute with the cityFrom the Opinions Editor: A hot and polluted autumn in Mumbai frames a new environmental challengeFormer prisoner’s BKFC fight ends in 4th-round KO against full time active police officer who felt bad for his kids | Boxing News‘He lost all public recognition’: Akhil Marar on Rahul Easwar’s Bigg Boss Malayalam 8 stint | Malayalam NewsPakistan Moon Landing 2035: Pakistan plans Moon landing by 2035, expands space cooperation with ChinaAsian Para Games: Can India’s para-athletes script another 100-medal triumph despite a smaller contingent? | Asian Para Games 2026 NewsTiger Shroff shot at in Mumbai: When the underworld turned its guns on Bollywood | Bollywood NewsBrazilian man sells all his belongings and travels 1,200 miles to meet online girlfriend he hoped to marry, only to discover she was an AI-generated farm girl seeking a partnerRory McIlroy explains why he played in India after PGA Tour player Kevin Kisner accused him of chasing reported $10m appearance fee | Golf NewsRejected by actors, Rs 2.5 cr Premada Ooralli makes 30x returns after street promotions | Regional NewsA Florida couple’s marriage lasted just 249 days, but the husband was ordered to pay $2,675.87 a month in support for nine months; an appeals court has now overturned that alimony awardMohammad Rizwan gets first relief in PCB inquiry, allowed to resume domestic cricket | Cricket NewsNeeti Mohan’s father dies at 72; Shreya Ghoshal offers condolences | Music NewsA Michigan family owned a one-third-acre lakefront cottage before Prairie View Park was built; more than 60 years later, courts say Kalamazoo County can condemn itParental consent makes ‘fundamental’ right to internet conditionalLionel Messi proves he never forgets: Takes rare revenge on opponent with out-of-character fiery celebration after stunning solo goal | Football NewsMohanlal’s birthday twin and Mammootty’s heroine, Chitra died with unfulfilled dreams | Malayalam NewsH-1B Visas: JD Vance’s immigration tiger is turning on its rider‘Lifetime subscription to pressure’: Ex-India cricketer’s blunt defence of Sanju Samson | Cricket News‘Pray no one loses weight this way’: Shoaib Ibrahim on Dipika Kakar’s 12 kg weight loss amid cancer battlePope Leo Xiv: ‘With help of God & your prayers’: Pope Leo XIV makes first public appearance after lung cancer surgery‘Sanju Samson plays with emotions’: Ex-coach explains why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have to wait for his chance | Cricket News‘What is your educational status?’: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor bicker over Taimur’s studies | Bollywood NewsJd Vance H-1B Visas: ‘My rhetoric has been imperfect’: JD Vance walks back H-1B ‘indentured servants’ remark after India’s protestAsian Para Games Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Pramod Bhagat, Simran to be flag-bearers for IndiaPrabhas’ Spirit postponed, will now clash with Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayana 2 on Diwali 2027 | Bollywood NewsSatellite radiation: blocking the viewA Utah couple wanted a place to scuba without travelling, so they built a $2 million, 360,000-gallon backyard pool with a 90-foot mountain, five waterfalls, a 300-foot lazy river and a 26-foot-deep diving tunnelShubman Gill scores just one run on Ranji Trophy return ahead of New Zealand Tests | Cricket News‘You ask me a hundred times’: Vijay Deverakonda on Rashmika Mandanna’s marriage proposal | Bollywood NewsA New Jersey mother’s 1996 will split her estate equally among four children; after her daughter became sole caregiver and a family rift, a new will cut out both sons, and an appeals court has now upheld it‘RR are at the top of the list’: Ashwin makes big revelation on Hardik Pandya trade | Cricket NewsVijay Deverakonda compares Ranabaali to Schindler’s List, Braveheart amid lukewarm response | Telugu NewsJapan to launch spacecraft on a mission to get samples from a Martian moonDemi Moore’s Idaho home has a river for swimming and kayaking, mountains nearby, and wild elk that sometimes wander into her backyard |‘Massive difference between words and actions’: Ex-India cricketer’s blunt take on Ravindra Jadeja’s snub | Cricket NewsSalman Khan slams Qazi Touqeer over Nakul Dhull-Gullu fight: ‘Started because of you’ | Television NewsRussian military satellite stalks U.S. radar satellite in orbitA 12-year-old boy was beside his mother when she passed out while driving at 60 mph, grabbed the wheel and stopped the car before calling 999; now 13, Zac Howells has won a Pride of Britain courage awardPCB snubs Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussain after Imran Khan interview controversy | Cricket News‘Because of Kapil Sharma’: Saif Ali Khan reveals why he doesn’t manage his Instagram account | Bollywood NewsA California farm earned about $100 per acre a year from dry-farmed wheat; after Alan Changala leased 300 acres for solar at $1,000 per acre, the same land began paying roughly 10 times the crop incomeCoalition of ‘disillusioned’ | The Indian Express‘I will retire’: Daniil Medvedev threatens umpire in dramatic Shanghai Masters loss – Watch | Tennis NewsSuriya says students should watch podcasts instead of reels: ‘You may not learn anything’ | Tamil NewsIn 1968, Cassandra Henderson graduated from a North Carolina school; nearly 60 years later, she moved back into the same building after it was restored from 20 years of vacancy into 53 senior apartmentsWhen everything is a trigger‘Unfair’ treatment of Kuldeep Yadav? Ashwin fears another benching on NZ tour | Cricket NewsJailer 2 Box Office Collection Day 3 Updates: Rajinikanth film earns over Rs 317 crore | Tamil NewsHow a Brooklyn crypto cop took down a global scam networkInside Track: Rebellion in the AirVaibhav Sooryavanshi: ‘You have to wait’: Shreyas Iyer explains why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi missed all 5 T20Is against West Indies | Cricket News‘Mithun Chakraborty came from zero; today 5 studios run Bollywood’: Namashi Chakraborty | Bollywood NewsCost-of-living protests: Italian police clash with protesters in Milan, Bologna; Meloni condemns violenceTavleen Singh writes: Directionless cockroaches‘There is pressure on us’: Pakistan’s ICC trophy drought adds to players’ burden | Cricket NewsYash on why Ramayana makers highlighted Rs 4,000 cr budget: ‘To get importance it deserves’ | Bollywood NewsA 1923 Methodist church in Australia later served as a Sunday school and dance school before becoming a three-bedroom home with a cathedral ceiling and coloured glass; it is now listed for $865,000 to $950,000Delhi Capitals’ big IPL 2027 shake-up continues, Sri Lanka legend joins Sourav Ganguly’s team | Cricket News‘Is this you Abba?’: Ibrahim Ali Khan trolls Saif Ali Khan on his very first Instagram post | Bollywood NewsA Pennsylvania Goodwill received a small gold LEGO piece inside a donated jewelry bag and listed it from $14.95; collectors identified it as a rare 14-karat Bionicle mask and pushed the auction price to $18,101‘India need to get Shai Hope out’: Nayar suggests change in tactics against Windies skipper | Cricket News21 years after Indian Idol, Amit Sana addresses ‘rivalry’ with Abhijeet Sawant: ‘Old thing’ | Bollywood NewsIn 2016, Mike Madden paid $520,000 for Muhammad Ali’s former Pennsylvania training camp; after investing another $1 million restoring its 13 log buildings, he reopened the six-acre site in 2019 as Fighter’s HeavenVaibhav Sooryavanshi posts two-word message after sitting out 4 straight matches ahead of IND vs WI 5th T20I | Cricket News‘Ajmal Kasab claimed he came to Mumbai for Bollywood’: Ujjwal Nikam recalls 26/11 trial | Bollywood NewsMartha’s Vineyard rejected a 54-acre subdivision with 26 below-market lots and 19 luxury homes after seven marathon meetings, leaving land bought for $6.6 million in 2017 undeveloped for now‘There’s an aura’: South Africa call on KG to bring the heat against Australia | Cricket News‘My actors took 40% fees’: Subhash Ghai says today’s generation prioritises money over art | Bollywood NewsResearchers used drone LiDAR to scan rugged Australian bushland that is difficult to search on foot; the technology led them to three previously unregistered Aboriginal rock shelters with red hand stencilsIn 2026, Gerard Piqué joined India’s FYERS American Gambits after backing Freestyle Chess a year earlier: How the Barcelona legend is building his chess business empire | Football NewsBollywood’s silence on Imran Khan: When fear becomes more powerful than solidarity | Opinion-entertainment NewsSeven years after the Manchester Arena attack, Ariana Grande sent Christmas gifts to children across four hospitals in the city, continuing a connection that reached beyond her concert stageWhile Patrick Mahomes rules the NFL, Brittany Mahomes Is building her own women’s soccer legacy with the Kansas City current’s $140 million stadium | NFL NewsAnirudh Ravichander to marry Kavya Maran in November, confirms Telangana CMO | Tamil NewsIn 2006, Bob Dylan and his brother bought a 25-acre Scottish estate for £2.2 million; after the pandemic kept them away, they sold the 16-bedroom property 17 years later for £4.26 millionRain washes out Bengaluru series decider after India script history in fifth T20I against West Indies | Cricket NewsRemove the blood and violence from Telugu cinema’s 2026 blockbusters: What actually remains? | Opinion-entertainment NewsUS man accused of drugging college student with fentanyl, raping her before deathManav Suthar hopes to bank on adaptability in alien conditions | Cricket NewsInside Kapil Sharma’s Dubai cafe where masala chai costs Rs 500 and pani puri is Rs 800 | Bollywood NewsTrump aide Susie Wiles helped set up ‘sanctioned hit’ on fired White House press secy Katie Zacharia: ReportBhuvneshwar Kumar makes T20I comeback after four years as India asked to bat first against West Indies | Cricket News
Sun. Oct 18th, 2026

China charges former AstraZeneca executive – what it means for global pharmaceutical firms

China charges former AstraZeneca executive – what it means for global pharmaceutical firms



AstraZeneca’s former China head has been formally charged with medical insurance fraud, illegal trading and unlawful collection of personal information, more than a year after he first came under investigation – casting a shadow over the Swedish-British drug maker’s expansion in its second-largest market.

The pharmaceutical giant confirmed to the Financial Times and Reuters that Leon Wang was one of two individuals indicted, as referenced in its latest earnings report published on Tuesday. The company did not name him in the report, stating only that a former executive vice-president and “senior employee” had been charged.

AstraZeneca also said it was not alleged to have received any illegal gains from Wang’s offences.

The company did not respond to a request for comment from the South China Morning Post.

The case, reminiscent of the 2013 GlaxoSmithKline bribery scandal, underscores broader regulatory shifts in the country’s healthcare sector and foreign investment landscape. China is the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical market, driven by an ageing population and rising healthcare spending.
The charges come as AstraZeneca deepens its commitment to the Chinese market. In January, it announced plans to invest US$15 billion in the country through 2030 to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing and research and development (R&D).

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