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 oncology (about 40% of total revenue), cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic (25%), rare disease (17%), and respiratory and immunology (15%). The majority of sales comes 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 2025
Employees
94,300
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Index | Last price | Change | % Change |
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| All Ordinaries | 9,178.00 | 28.70 | -0.31% |
| CAC 40 | 8,157.29 | 43.59 | -0.53% |
| DAX 40 | 24,118.89 | 5.32 | -0.02% |
| Dow JONES (US) | 47,522.12 | 109.88 | -0.23% |
| FTSE 100 | 9,760.06 | 3.92 | 0.04% |
| HKSE | 25,999.70 | 282.99 | -1.08% |
| NASDAQ | 23,581.14 | 377.33 | -1.57% |
| Nikkei 225 | 52,244.44 | 918.83 | 1.79% |
| NZX 50 Index | 13,548.32 | 89.03 | 0.66% |
| S&P 500 | 6,822.34 | 68.25 | -0.99% |
| S&P/ASX 200 | 8,881.90 | 31.30 | -0.35% |
| SSE Composite Index | 3,955.92 | 30.98 | -0.78% |