Our company
We are a global, science-led biopharmaceutical business and our innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.
Our purpose and values
Our purpose and values help explain why we exist, what we hope to accomplish, the behaviours we value, how we will achieve our goals, and the promise of our brand to our stakeholders.
We push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines.
Our purpose underpins everything we do. It gives us a reason to come to work every day. It reminds us why we exist as a company. It helps us deliver benefits to patients and create value for shareholders. It also sets the context for our employees’ activities and the roles of our teams, partners and other collaborators.
We follow the science. We put patients first. We play to win. We do the right thing. We are entrepreneurial.
Our values determine how we work together and the behaviours that are integral to our drive for success. Our values guide our decision making, define our beliefs and foster a strong AstraZeneca culture.
Our people
Sustainability
Access to healthcare
Healthcare is our core business and at the heart of all we do. Access to healthcare at AstraZeneca goes beyond our medicines. We provide healthcare solutions along a journey to improve health - from prevention and awareness, diagnosis, treatment, to post-treatment. We work across our main therapeutic areas to address non-communicable diseases for patients with unmet needs.
Environmental protection
Climate change is now a climate crisis. It is impacting human health and the biosphere in increasingly severe ways. The time to act is now. We work to foster environments in which all life can thrive – through seeking opportunities for environmental stewardship and mitigating climate impacts by managing natural resources.
Ethics and Transparency
Our approach goes beyond rules and policies: we want to empower our workforce to use their judgement to do the right thing. We embrace ethics, from the way we treat our employees and patients, to our emphasis on human rights and equity, to our partnerships with our suppliers. Our company Values, including putting patients first and doing the right thing, serve as a compass for our interactions.
Key information
What science can do
It takes passion, energy and knowledge to enable us to put science at the heart of everything we do. Learn more about our exciting work in stories from our people and partners.
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