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BUZZ-Regulus Inc: Drug to be tested by AstraZeneca

** Drug developer's shares up 9.4 pct at $17.45 in extended trading

** Company says Astrazeneca Plc (NYSE: AZN - news) selected its experimental drug, RG-125, for early-stage trial on Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) patients, as part of a strategic alliance signed in 2012

** AstraZeneca to pay Regulus $2.5 mln and initiate early-stage study by end of 2015

** Regulus and AstraZeneca formed alliance to develop microRNA therapeutics for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as well as oncology

** Up to Tuesday's close, the stock had risen about 140 pct since Regulus announced a collaboration agreement with Biogen (Swiss: BIIB.SW - news) Idec on August 5