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As a global biopharmaceutical company, our activities touch many people’s lives

Key Facts

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven, integrated biopharmaceutical company.

We discover, develop, manufacture and market prescription medicines for six important areas of healthcare, which include some of the world’s most serious illnesses: cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, and respiratory and inflammation.

We employ around 57,200 people (46% in Europe, 31% in the Americas and 23% in Asia-Pacific).

Annual Report 2011

AstraZeneca Annual Report 2011

Our Annual Report provides a wide range of information about our global business and how we are working, both within the company and in partnership with others, to meet complex healthcare challenges and make a meaningful difference for patients worldwide.