AstraZeneca
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AstraZeneca PLC, is a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the merger of Swedish Astra AB and British Zeneca Group PLC. Zeneca was originally known as Imperial Chemical Industries prior to a demerger in 1993.[1] (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php/AstraZeneca#fn_AZHistory)[2] (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php/AstraZeneca#fn_AZpreAZ) AstraZeneca develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals to treat disorders in the gastrointestinal, cardiac and vascular, neurological and psychiatric, infection, respiratory, pathological inflammation and oncology areas.
Sales in 2003 totalled $18.8 billion, with a profit before tax of $4.2 billion. Total R&D spending was $3.5 billion. The corporate headquarters are in London, UK, the research and development (R&D) headquarters are in Södertälje, Sweden. Major R&D centres are located on three continents in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and India.
The current chief executive of AstraZeneca is Sir Tom McKillop.
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Products
AstraZeneca specialises in prescription medicines to fight disease in the several therapeutic areas. Year-on sales information can be found through AstraZeneca annual reports (http://www.astrazeneca.com/article/11161.aspx). The following is a list of key products as found on the AstraZeneca US website (http://www.astrazeneca.com/node/productbrowse.aspx), retrieved 2005-03-27.- Gastrointestinal
- Entocort
- Losec/Prilosec
- Nexium (purified stereoisomer of Losec)
- Neuroscience
- Indural
- Mysoline
- Seroquel
- Vivalan
- Zomig
- Anaesthetics
- Carbocaine
- Citanest
- Diprivan
- EMLA (mixture of Lidocaine and Prilocaine)
- Marcaine/Sensorcaine
- Naropin
- Xylocaine
Diversity
AstraZeneca is one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 according to Working Mothers magazine.
See also
References
- Template:Anb AstraZeneca - History, merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group PLC, (http://www.astrazeneca.com/article/11163.aspx) part of the AstraZeneca home site (http://www.astrazeneca.com/node/home.aspx). Retrieved 2005-03-20. (merger and post-merger history)
- Template:Anb AstraZeneca: Merger partners in brief, (http://www.astrazeneca.com/article/11167.aspx) part of the AstraZeneca home site (http://www.astrazeneca.com/node/home.aspx). Retrieved 2005-03-20. (history of Astra AB and Zeneca Group PLC)
External links
- Yahoo! - AstraZeneca PLC Company Profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/59/59531.html)
- October 2004 New Yorker article (http://www.newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/?041025crat_atlarge)
- Pharmaceutical Companies Listings (http://www.ibpassociation.com)
- FDA Website (http://www.fda.gov/)
- Careers in the Biopharmaceutical Industry (http://www.biorole.com/)
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- Clinical Research Abbreviations and Acronyms (http://www.krctraining.com/ACRONYMS/index.htm)
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- List of Food and Drugs Regulatory Agencies (http://www.kriger.com/international_modules/index.htm)
- Clinical Research: Frequently asked questions (http://www.krctraining.com/faq/faq.htm)