AstraZeneca: No Threat To Supply Of Medicines To Patients
April 18 2010 - 8:57AM
Dow Jones News
AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.LN) said Sunday that there is no threat to
the supply of medicines to patients at the moment as a result of
the flying ban over most of northern and central Europe.
"We do have some product at airports awaiting the lifting of
flight restrictions, but at the moment there is no threat to the
supply of medicines to patients," AstraZeneca told Dow Jones
Newswires in an email.
"As you'd expect, we have robust contingency plans in place to
ensure continued supply of important medicines in circumstances
like this. We will continue to assess the situation and are in a
position to implement alternative shipping arrangements on a
case-by-case basis if required," the company added.
AstraZeneca didn't provide any further information.
A spreading ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano is responsible
for the biggest disruption to air travel since the Sept. 11 terror
attacks.
The affected airspace includes Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, most of France, most of
Germany, Hungary, Ireland, northern Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland,
Ukraine and the U.K.
-By Lilly Vitorovich, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-0-207 842 9290;
lilly.vitorovich@dowjones.com
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