# AstraZeneca will invest $405 million in the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer says.

*biotech · news · 2026-04-29 · Devdiscourse*

## Key points

- AstraZeneca will invest £300 million in the UK, resuming large-scale projects paused last year.
- The investment is linked to a new U.S.-UK pharmaceutical pricing agreement increasing UK drug prices.
- AstraZeneca's funds will complete the Rosalind Franklin building and create a 'lab of the future' in Cambridge.
- The investment will secure 1,000 jobs across Cambridge and Macclesfield in the UK.

**Companies:** AstraZeneca
**Countries:** United Kingdom, United States

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