07:34 AM EDT, 03/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AstraZeneca ( AZN ) will invest $2.5 billion in a new research center in Beijing just months after the company's top executive was detained by Chinese authorities, Bloomberg reported Friday.

AstraZeneca ( AZN ) did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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