PRESS DIGEST-British Business – Dec 27

The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. – AstraZeneca has struck a $1.2 billion deal to buy Gracell Biotechnologies, a Chinese company that creates innovative treatments for cancer and rare autoimmune diseases. – EasyPark Group, the owner of brands including RingGo and ParkMobile, said customer names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses and parts of credit card numbers had been taken in a cyberattack but said parking data had not been compromised.