AstraZeneca, still in asset-sale mode, hands off most global rights for constipation med Movantik

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has spent much of the past few years in asset-sale mode, offloading of a range of its specialty products in return for extra cash to plow into areas such as oncology. Now, AstraZeneca has agreed to divest the rights to one of its GI meds in a move the acquirer is calling a "transformative event" for its business.