AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning to those joining from The UK and The US. Good afternoon to those in Central Europe, and good evening to those listening in Asia. Welcome to AstraZeneca's half one and Q2 2026 webinar for investors and analysts. Before I hand over to AstraZeneca, I'd like to read the safe harbor statement. The company intends to utilize the safe harbor provisions of The United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Participants on this call may make forward looking statements with respect to the operations and financial performance of AstraZeneca. Although we believe our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions by their very nature, forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and may be influenced by factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward looking statements. Any forward looking statements made on this call reflect the knowledge and information available at the time of this call. The company undertakes no obligation to update forward looking statements. Please also carefully review the forward looking statements disclaimer in the slide deck that accompanies this presentation and webinar. There will be an opportunity to ask questions after today's presentation. Please use the raise a hand feature to indicate you wish to ask a question at any time during the call. And with that, I'd now like to hand the conference over to the company. A warm welcome to AstraZeneca's half year and second quarter twenty twenty six presentation conference call and webcast for investors and analysts. I'm Joris Silen, Head of Investor Relations. And before I hand over to Pascal and members of our executive team, I would like to cover some housekeeping items. Firstly, all of the material...