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28 May 2021 | 12:02pm StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 was 0.35% higher at 7,044.36 as investors awaited details of president Biden s potential $6 trillion budget later. Pharma giant AstraZeneca said Tagrisso had been approved in the European Union to treat patients with early-stage epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. The approval by the European Commission was based on positive results from the ADAURA phase 3 trial. AstraZeneca s share price rose by 1.09% to £80.12. Care-based housing and healthcare REIT Civitas Social Housing said it had completed the acquisition of 10 supported living properties across Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk and Wales for £8.6 million. The properties are leased to Inclusion Housing Community Interest company, with rents adjusted annually in line with CPI over the full-term and are subject to a lower limit of inflation of 0% per annum and a maximum indexation of 4% per annum. ....
28 May 2021 | 07:13am StockMarketWire.com - Pharma giant AstraZeneca said Tagrisso had been approved in the European Union to treat patients with early-stage epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. The approval by the European Commission was based on positive results from the ADAURA phase 3 trial. In the trial, adjuvant treatment with Tagrisso reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death by 83% in patients with Stage II and IIIA disease. In the early stages of lung cancer, where tumour resection is possible but recurrence is far too common, adjuvant Tagrisso has shown an unprecedented disease-free survival benefit for patients with EGFR mutations, it added. ....