AstraZeneca China president under investigation by Chinese authorities

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AstraZeneca’s China boss, one of the country’s most high-profile pharmaceutical executives, is under investigation by Beijing authorities, as a crackdown on the sector intensifies.

The British drugmaker said on Wednesday that its China president Leon Wang was “co-operating with an ongoing investigation”. The statement did not clarify the nature of the probe.

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