AstraZeneca says detained China head has lawyer

AstraZeneca says detained China head has lawyer, but company still in dark
AstraZeneca's China president Leon Wang, who was detained last month by Chinese authorities, is in touch with a lawyer but the company has very little information about the case, its CEO said on Tuesday.
AstraZeneca says China has detained a senior executive
The company believes Chinese authorities are probing allegations that two current and two former employees had illegally imported cancer drugs.
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While it remains unclear why AstraZeneca China President Leon Wang has been detained, news of his arrest comes just days after it was reported that he was under investigation for alleged medical insurance fraud in the country.
AstraZeneca CEO says detained China chief has a lawyer but 'we have no information'
AstraZeneca's CEO said on Tuesday that the company's China president Leon Wang, who last month was detained by Chinese authorities, has a lawyer he is in touch with, but "we have no information as a company".
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Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said that the head of its China operations had been detained, after reports the firm was under investigation for potentially illegal data collection and drug imports.
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Two current and two former senior AstraZeneca Plc executives in the group’s China unit are under investigation in a probe into alleged breaches of laws around drug importation and data privacy, the company said.
AstraZeneca's China chief in custody, believes unrelated to insurance probe
AstraZeneca said on Wednesday its China president Leon Wang had been detained by Chinese authorities and, although it did not know the reason, it did not believe it was linked to a large health insurance fraud case involving the company.
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AstraZeneca Plc is increasingly looking to the US for growth as its once fast-expanding China business faces challenges amid a probe that has battered the drugmaker’s share price.
AstraZeneca chief says group takes China probe ‘very seriously’
AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said the company took the detention of its China president “very seriously”, as the drugmaker raised its guidance for a second straight quarter on the back of strong sales of cancer medicines.
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British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it takes "very seriously" China's investigations into potential illegal data collection and drug imports by the group that caused the detention of its China boss.
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