page_title: AstraZeneca
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: AstraZeneca / Operations
caption_attribution_description: AstraZeneca's R&amp;D Site in Mölndal, Sweden: main gate
context_page_description: AstraZeneca PLC is a British–Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company with its global headquarters in Cambridge, England. Its R&D is concentrated in Cambridge, England, Mölndal in Sweden and North America. AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation.
  The company was founded in 1999 through the merger of the Swedish Astra AB and the British Zeneca Group. Since the merger it has been among the world's largest pharmaceutical companies and has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Cambridge Antibody Technology, MedImmune, Spirogen and Definiens.
  AstraZeneca has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the New York Stock Exchange and the OMX exchange.
context_section_description: AstraZeneca develops, manufactures and sells pharmaceutical and biotechnology products to treat disorders in the oncology, respiratory, cardiovascular, neuroscience, gastrointestinal, infection and inflammation areas.
  AstraZeneca has its corporate headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and its main research and development (R&D) centers are in Cambridge (UK), Gaithersburg (Maryland, US), Gothenburg/Mölndal (Sweden) and Warsaw (Poland).
caption: The AstraZeneca R&D facility in Mölndal, Sweden
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