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- Earnings per Share (EPS)
Profit for the year after tax and minority interests, divided by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue during the year.
- EEA
European Economic Area.
- Efficacy
The benefi cial effect of a drug.
- EFPIA
European Federation for Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations.
- EMEA
The European Medicines Agency.
- Epidemiological
Relating to the study of incidences, distribution, control and prevention of diseases in populations.
- Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) receptor
A protein found on the surface of some cells and to which epidermal growth factor binds, causing the cells to divide. It is found at abnormally high levels on the surface of many types of cancer cells, so these cells may divide excessively in the presence of epidermal growth factor.
- EU
European Union.
- Exceptional items
Significantly large items that are distinct in nature from items normally occurring during ordinary business activities.
- Excipient
An inactive substance that serves as the vehicle or medium for a drug or other active substance.
- Extrapyramidal
Relating to nerve pathways that link nerve nuclei in the surface of the cerebrum (main mass of the brain), basal ganglia (deep within the brain) and parts of the brain stem.