BUZZ-AstraZeneca PLC: Cancer pipeline boost
** British drugmaker's U.S-listed shares up 2 pct at $75.85 after cancer drug pipeline boost
** Company's immuno-oncology medicine for colorectal cancer to be tested in mid-stage study
** Move (NasdaqGS: MOVE - news) opens up "a potentially multi-blockbuster opportunity", say analysts at UBS (NYSEArca: FBGX - news) , which rates the stock "buy"
** Shares (Frankfurt: DI6.F - news) also remain propped up by speculation of a possible renewed bid from Pfizer (NYSE: PFE - news)
** Up to Thursday's close, the stock had fallen 7.5 pct since May 16, the last trading day before AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN - news) rejected Pfizer's sweetened and "final" offer (Reuters Messaging:; natalie.grover.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)