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.^{AstraZeneca annual reports. The following is a list of key products as found on the AstraZeneca US website, retrieved 2005-03-27.}

• Gastrointestinal
  • Entocort
  • Losec/Prilosec
  • Nexium (purified stereoisomer of Losec)

• Cardiovascular
  • Atacand
  • Crestor (2003 launch)
  • Exanta (2004 launch; not approved in the United States)
  • Imdur
  • Indural
  • Lexxel
  • Logimax
  • Nif-Ten
  • Plendil
  • Ramace
  • Seloken ZOK/Toprol-XL (#1 beta blocker by sales globally in 2004)
  • Tenoretic
  • Tenormin
  • Unimax
  • Zestoretic
  • Zestril

• Respiratory and Inflammation
  • Accolate
  • Bambec
  • Bricanyl
  • Oxis
  • Pulmicort
  • Rhinocort
  • Symbicort

• Oncology
  • Arimidex
  • Casodex
  • Faslodex
  • Iressa
  • Nolvadex
  • Tomudex
  • Zoladex

• Neuroscience
  • Indural
  • Mysoline
  • Seroquel
  • Vivalan
  • Zomig
  • Anaesthetics
    • Carbocaine
    • Citanest
    • Diprivan
    • EMLA (mixture of Lidocaine and Prilocaine)
    • Marcaine/Sensorcaine
    • Naropin
    • Xylocaine

• Infection
  • Apatef/Cefotan
  • Merrem/Meronem

Diversity

AstraZeneca is one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 according to Working Mothers magazine.

See also

• List of pharmaceutical companies

References

1. AstraZeneca - History, merger of Astra AB and Zeneca Group PLC, part of the AstraZeneca home site. Retrieved 2005-03-20. (merger and post-merger history)
2. ⇧ AstraZeneca: Merger partners in brief, part of the AstraZeneca home site. Retrieved 2005-03-20. (history of Astra AB and Zeneca Group PLC)

External links

• Yahoo! - AstraZeneca PLC Company Profile
• October 2004 New Yorker article