AstraZeneca plc

www.astrazeneca.co.uk

Through producing new medicines, AstraZeneca - one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies - improves human health and enhances people's lives. Employing 54,000 people across the globe, we are focused on providing new and effective prescription medicines that make a real difference for patients. We concentrate on important areas of medical need - cancer, cardiovascular, central nervous system, gastrointestinal, infection, pain control, and respiratory and inflammation. Backed by a strong research base and extensive commercial skills, we manufacture in 20 countries and sell in over 100. We believe in promoting the value of science in the community and in particular among young people. We support science at all levels with a range of programmes - both national and local - aimed at encouraging the scientists of the future.