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ASTRAZENECA PLC (AZN)
NYSE · Manufacturing · Pharmaceutical Preparations
Core research established · 4/4 core data layers currently established
What ASTRAZENECA PLC does
A. History and Development of the Company AstraZeneca PLC was incorporated in England and Wales on June 17, 1992 under the Companies Act 1985. It is a public limited company domiciled in the United Kingdom. The Company’s registered number is 2723534 and its registered office is at 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom (Tel: +44 20 3749 5000). From February 1993 until April 1999, the Company was called Zeneca Group PLC. On April 6, 1999, the Company changed its name to AstraZeneca PLC. The Company was formed when the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and specialty chemical businesses of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC were demerged in 1993. In 1999, the Company sold the specialty chemical business. Also in 1999, the Company merged with Astra of Sweden.
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