AstraZeneca facts for kids
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| Public limited company | |
| Industry | Pharmaceutical Biotechnology |
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| Founded | 6 April 1999 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, England, UK |
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Area served
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Global |
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Key people
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Leif Johansson (Chairman) Pascal Soriot (CEO) |
| Products | Pharmaceutical products |
| Revenue |  US$25.890 billion (2020) |
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Operating income
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US$5.162 billion (2020) |
| US$3.144 billion (2020) |
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| Total assets | US$66.729 billion (2020) |
| Total equity | US$15.638 billion (2020) |
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Number of employees
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76,100 (2020) |
| Subsidiaries | MedImmune |
AstraZeneca plc is a British–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company with its headquarters in Cambridge, England. It is registered in London, United Kingdom. AstraZeneca Plc was formed in 1999 by merging the Swedish Astra AB and the British Zeneca Ltd. Drugs produced by the company are sold in more than 100 countries, the number of employees exceeds 57 thousand people. AstraZeneca's production facilities are located in 20 countries. Sales in 2012 amounted to almost 28 billion dollars.
AstraZeneca creates treatments for cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation.
Images for kids
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The AstraZeneca R&D facility in Gothenburg, Sweden
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The new AstraZeneca Corporate HQ under construction in Cambridge, England
See also
In Spanish: AstraZeneca para niños
