AstraZeneca plc

Industry
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology

Headquarter
15 Stanhope Gate
London
W1K 1LN
United Kingdom

Location of Operations
International

Established Year
1999

Company website
http://www.astrazeneca.co.uk

Company Overview
AstraZeneca plc is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, with a broad range of medicines designed to fight disease in important areas of healthcare. The company focuses resources on six therapy areas, including some of the world's most serious illnesses: cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal,...

...infection, and neuroscience and respiratory & inflammation. The company prides on their medicine products that are innovative, effective and which offer added benefits such as reduced side effects or better ways of taking the treatments. The company has developed a broad product range, including many world leaders such as breast cancer therapy Arimidex, cholesterol reducer Crestor, acid reflux remedy Nexium, Seroquel for schizophrenia and Symbicort and Pulmicort for asthma.

AstraZeneca's products are marketed in over 100 countries with growing presence in important emerging markets. They also have major R&D sites in Sweden, the UK and US. It sales totaled $31.6 billion with total spending on R&D investment up to $5 million with 17 principal R&D centers in eight countries.

 

 

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