AstraZeneca Shares Drop Sharply After Failed Heart Drug Trial

AstraZeneca's stock fell to its worst single-day decline since March 2020 after the company announced that its experimental heart drug, Wainua (eplontersen), failed in a late-stage trial. The failure wiped out approximately £19 billion ($27 billion) from AstraZeneca’s market value on July 9.

By Peace Longe · TheStreet · July 12, 2026, 01:03 UTC

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