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AstraZeneca

Company nameAstraZeneca plc
Company typePublic limited company
(Lse - AZN, OMX - SSE3524AZN)
SloganLife inspiring ideas.
IndustryPharmaceutical
Founded6 April 1999 by merger
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Key peopleLouis Schweitzer (Chairman), David Brennan (CEO)
ProductsPharmaceutical products
RevenueUS$33.27 billion (2010)
Operating incomeUS$11.49 billion (2010)
Net incomeUS$8.053 billion (2010)
Total assetsUS$56.13 billion (end 2010)
Total equityUS$23.41 billion (end 2010)
Employees61,000 (2011)

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AstraZeneca plc is a global pharmaceutical and biologics company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's seventh-largest pharmaceutical company measured by revenues and has operations in over 100 countries. It has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation.

Its primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the New York Stock Exchange and the OMX exchange.

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AstraZeneca Boosts Earnings View - Daily Markets Tweet this news
Daily Markets---AstraZeneca- (NYSE:AZN) recently raised its core earnings guidance following the settlement of certain matters with the UK and US tax authorities. Based on its settlement agreements with the tax authorities, the company expects a lower tax - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:56:09 GMT+00:00
AstraZeneca pays $1.1bn to resolve tax affairs - InPharm Tweet this news
InPharm---AstraZeneca- has sorted out a decade-long dispute over its tax affairs by agreeing to pay out $1.1 billion this year. The issue has been swathed in red tape, but the US and UK governments this week agreed terms on transfer pricing arrangements f - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:18:01 GMT+00:00
AstraZeneca (AZN) Showing Bearish Technicals But Could Break Through $46.36 ... - Market Intelligence Center Tweet this news
Market Intelligence Center---AstraZeneca- (NYSE:AZN) closed Tuesday's favorable trading session at $45.93. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $40.30 and 52-week high of $53.53. -AstraZeneca- stock has been showing support around $45 - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:46:34 GMT+00:00
Torrent to sell stake to AstraZeneca? - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--AHMEDABAD: A possible tie-up between city-based Torrent Pharmaceutical and London-based -AstraZeneca- over outsourcing and co-marketing patented drugs in developing markets has led to a strong speculation of a stake sale to the UK giant. . - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:26:52 GMT+00:00
AstraZeneca Buys Back 133817 Shares/2861P >AZN.LN - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--LONDON (Dow Jones)--Pharmaceutical giant -AstraZeneca- PLC (AZN.LN) said Wednesday that it purchased for cancellation 133817 of its ordinary shares at 2861 pence per share on March 29. Shares at 0835 GMT up 27 pence, or 1%, at 2891 pe - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:50:10 GMT+00:00
AstraZeneca/BMS Euro effort for Dapa to spotlight SGLT-2 - Medical Marketing and Media Tweet this news
Medical Marketing and Media---AstraZeneca- and Bristol-Myers Squibb issued an RFP for a digital preapproval awareness campaign in support of diabetes drug dapagliflozin in Europe. Dapagliflozin is one of a class of new drug candidates called SGLT-2 inhibi - Date : Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:04:16 GMT+00:00
Vimovo well tolerated by arthritis patients at risk for gastric ulcers - ModernMedicine Tweet this news
ModernMedicine--Naproxen/esomeprazole magnesium (Vimovo, -AstraZeneca- and Pozen) 500/20-mg delayed-release tablets was generally well tolerated in osteoarthritis patients (OA) requiring daily nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy who were a - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:56:56 GMT+00:00
Broker snap: Brilinta concerns at AstraZeneca - ShareCast Tweet this news
ShareCast--LONDON (SHARECAST) - RBS cuts the target price for pharmaceutical giant -AstraZeneca- after increasing concerns ahead of the US Food and Drug Association's decision on its new blood-thinning drug Brilinta. “A recent exchange of views in - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:43:09 GMT+00:00
Pipeline Setback for Targacept - Zacks.com Tweet this news
Zacks.com--Recently, Targacept Inc. (TRGT - Snapshot Report) and partner -AstraZeneca- (AZN - Snapshot Report) announced that their pipeline candidate TC-5619 fared disappointingly in a mid-stage study. The candidate, being developed for treating adults s - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:17:11 GMT+00:00
Tuesday Papers: AstraZeneca pays $1bn in US tax settlement - money and other news - Citywire.co.uk Tweet this news
Citywire.co.uk--Our aim is to give you a more focused, simplified experience. by Himanshu Singh on Mar 29, 2011 at 04:05 * -AstraZeneca- has agreed to pay the US Internal Revenue Service $1.1 billion to settle two long-running tax disputes. * Northern Roc - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:15:12 GMT+00:00

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