Company: AZN
Filing Date: 2025-05-20
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-005901
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Company: ASTRAZENECA PLC
Filing Date: 2025-05-20
Form: 6-K
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#### FORM 6-K
<div align='center'>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of May 2025

Commission File Number: 001-11960</div>

#### AstraZeneca PLC
<div align='center'>1 Francis Crick Avenue

Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Cambridge CB2 0AA

United Kingdom

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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#### AstraZeneca PLC
<div align='center'>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</div>

#### 1. Acquisition of EsoBiotec completed
20 May 2025

#### Acquisition of EsoBiotec completed
AstraZeneca today announced the successful completion of the acquisition of EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity. The EsoBiotec Engineered NanoBody Lentiviral (ENaBL) platform empowers the immune system to attack cancers and could offer many more patients access to transformative cell therapy treatments delivered in just minutes rather than the current process which takes weeks.

ENaBL uses highly targeted lentiviruses to deliver genetic instructions to specific immune cells, such as T cells, which programme them to recognise and destroy tumour cells for cancer treatment or autoreactive cells for potential use in immune-mediated diseases. This approach enables cell therapies to be administered through a simple IV