CORRECTION: AstraZeneca Q2 Adj. EPS $1.98 Inline, Adj. EPADS $0.99, Sales $12.98B Beat $12.60B Estimate

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) reported quarterly adjsuted earnings of $0.99 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.20 by 17.5 percent. This is a 7.91 percent decrease over earnings of $1.07 per share from<p>AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="/ticker/AZN#NASDAQ">AZN</a>) reported quarterly adjsuted earnings of $0.99 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.20 by 17.5 percent. This is a 7.91 percent decrease over earnings of $1.07 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $12.98 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $12.75 billion by 1.83 percent. This is a 13.73 percent increase over sales of $11.42 billion the same period last year.</p>