AZN - AstraZeneca PLC
AstraZeneca PLC
1 Francis Crick Avenue
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge CB2 0AA
United Kingdom
44 20 3749 5000
http://www.astrazeneca.com
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Drug Manufacturers - Major
Full Time Employees: 61,100
Key Executives
| Name | Title | Pay | Exercised | Year Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Pascal Soriot | Exec. Director & CEO | N/A | N/A | 1959 |
| Mr. Marc Dunoyer | Exec. Director & CFO | N/A | N/A | 1952 |
| Ms. Pam P. Cheng | Exec. Vice-Pres of Operations & Information Technology | N/A | N/A | 1971 |
| Mr. Jefrey Pott | Gen. Counsel | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ms. Katarina Ageborg | Exec. VP of Sustainability & Chief Compliance Officer | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Description
AstraZeneca PLC discovers, develops, and commercializes prescription medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neuroscience, and infection diseases worldwide. Its marketed products include Arimidex, Casodex/Cosudex, Calquence, Faslodex, Imfinzi, Iressa, Lynparza, Nolvadex, Tagrisso, and Zoladex for oncology diseases; Atacand1/Atacand HCT/Atacand Plus, Brilinta/Brilique, Crestor2, Plendil, Seloken/Toprol-XL4, Tenormin5, and Zestril6 for cardiovascular diseases; and Bydureon, Byetta, Farxiga/Forxiga, Kombiglyze XR, Komboglyze, Onglyza, Qtern, Symlin, Xigduo, and Xigduo XR for metabolic diseases. The company's marketed products also comprise Accolate, Bevespi Aerosphere, Bricanyl Respules, Bricanyl Turbuhaler, Daliresp/Daxas, Duaklir Genuair, Eklira Genuair/Tudorza Pressair, Fasenra, Oxis Turbuhaler, Pulmicort Turbuhaler/Pulmicort Flexhaler, Pulmicort Respules, Symbicort pMDI, Symbicort Turbuhaler, and Tudorza Pressair for respiratory diseases; Fluenz FluMist/Tetra Quadrivalen and Synagis3 for infection diseases; Movantik/Moventig, Seroquel IR, Seroquel XR, and Vimovo4 for neuroscience diseases; and Losec/Prilosec and Nexium for gastrointestinal diseases. The company serves primary care and specialty care physicians through distributors and local representative offices. AstraZeneca PLC has a strategic partnership with Bicycle Therapeutics; and with Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to evaluate cancer related drugs. The company was formerly known as Zeneca Group PLC and changed its name to AstraZeneca PLC in April 1999. AstraZeneca PLC was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.
Corporate Governance
AstraZeneca PLC’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of October 1, 2018 is 7. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 5; Shareholder Rights: 1; Compensation: 8.
