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Article: McKillop needs drop of the hard stuff after a bruising AZ year.
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- January 25, 2005
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Byline: Ian Lyall
Jan. 25--There's nothing Sir Tom McKillop likes more than the occasional glass of vintage malt whisky. But the embattled boss of drug giant AstraZeneca would be forgiven for taking more than a wee dram to calm his frayed nerves ahead of Thursday's annual results.
It has been a wretched year for the quiet Scot -- probably his worst since taking the helm of Britain's second-largest pharmaceutical company.
He was helpless to prevent the failure of two of the company's most promising drugs at the final hurdle after billions of pounds had been spent bringing them to market. And he is in the middle of a bruising exchange with major ...