AstraZeneca has put ink to a £25m, five-year deal with BT for it to become the pharmaceutical company’s global network partner.

The contract marks the expansion of an existing relationship in which BT provided network services for AstraZeneca in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. BT will now extend its reach to 33 new sites in the USA and Latin America.

Richard Williams, Global CIO, AstraZeneca, said that the creation of a new “service effect” contract with BT: "will deliver greater agility, responsiveness and collaboration among our global workforce. This in turn, will lead to improved overall business performance.”