AstraZeneca PLC
AZN
Company Profile
Business description
A merger between Astra of Sweden and Zeneca Group of the United Kingdom formed AstraZeneca in 1999. The firm sells branded drugs across a number of major therapeutic areas, including gastrointestinal, diabetes, cardiovascular, respiratory, cancer, immunology and rare diseases. The majority of sales come from international markets with the United States representing close to one third of its sales.
Contact
1 Francis Crick Avenue
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
CambridgeCB2 0AA
GBRT: +44 2037495000
Sector
Healthcare
Stock type
Defensive
Industry
Drug Manufacturers - General
Fiscal Year End
31 December 2024
Employees
89,900
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Index | Last price | Change | % Change |
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| All Ordinaries | 8,633.10 | 66.10 | 0.77% |
| CAC 40 | 7,223.92 | 10.60 | 0.15% |
| DAX 40 | 19,226.24 | 80.07 | 0.42% |
| Dow JONES (US) | 43,870.35 | 461.88 | 1.06% |
| FTSE 100 | 8,226.16 | 76.89 | 0.94% |
| HKSE | 19,229.97 | 371.14 | -1.89% |
| NASDAQ | 18,972.42 | 6.28 | 0.03% |
| Nikkei 225 | 38,283.85 | 257.68 | 0.68% |
| NZX 50 Index | 13,041.90 | 276.66 | 2.17% |
| S&P 500 | 5,948.71 | 31.60 | 0.53% |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 8,393.80 | 70.80 | 0.85% |
| SSE Composite Index | 3,267.19 | 103.21 | -3.06% |