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AstraZeneca

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Cambridge, United Kingdom Pharmaceutical 89,900 employees Founded 1999 AZN astrazeneca.com ↗
5 Products & services
1 Articles
71 Licensed medicines
463 Clinical trials
1 Site

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish multinational and one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, headquartered in Cambridge, with a global oncology, cardiovascular, respiratory and rare-disease portfolio.

Sector
Pharmaceutical
Headquarters
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Founded
1999
Employees
89,900
Facilities
1 site

Milestones

Milestones as listed on astrazeneca.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

1913
Astra AB founded in Södertälje, Sweden
Source: astrazeneca.com
1926
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) founded in the UK
Source: astrazeneca.com
1993
ICI demerges pharmaceuticals, forming Zeneca Group PLC
Source: astrazeneca.com
1999
Astra AB and Zeneca merge to form AstraZeneca PLC
Source: astrazeneca.com
2006
Acquires Cambridge Antibody Technology
Followed by MedImmune in 2007, building biologics capability.
Source: astrazeneca.com
2020
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine agreement
Global development and distribution deal, at no profit during the pandemic.
Source: astrazeneca.com
2021
Acquisition of Alexion
Source: astrazeneca.com
2023
Evinova health-tech business launched
Source: astrazeneca.com

Leadership Team

Leadership as listed on astrazeneca.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Pascal Soriot

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Source: astrazeneca.com

Aradhana Sarin

Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Source: astrazeneca.com

Ruud Dobber

EVP and President, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit
Source: astrazeneca.com

Marc Dunoyer

Chief Executive Officer, Alexion and Chief Strategy Officer, AstraZeneca
Source: astrazeneca.com

David Fredrickson

Executive Vice-President, Oncology Business Unit
Source: astrazeneca.com

Jeff Pott

Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel
Source: astrazeneca.com

Products & Services

Products and services as listed on astrazeneca.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Therapy area

Oncology

Cancer medicines therapy area.

Source: astrazeneca.com
Therapy area

Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism

CVRM medicines therapy area.

Source: astrazeneca.com
Therapy area

Respiratory & Immunology

Respiratory and immunology medicines therapy area.

Source: astrazeneca.com
Therapy area

Infectious Disease

Infectious disease therapy area.

Source: astrazeneca.com
Therapy area

Rare Disease

Rare disease therapy area.

Source: astrazeneca.com

Sites in Ireland

Dublin

Manufacturing

Next-generation small-molecule API manufacturing facility, a $360 million investment announced 2021.

Source: astrazeneca.com

Sites as listed on astrazeneca.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Pipeline & Regulatory Record

What public registers list for AstraZeneca (group figures): clinical trials it sponsors, FDA device clearances, Irish licences, recent approvals and supply shortages. Rebuilt daily, last on 10 Oct 2026.

463Trials as lead sponsor
232Recruiting now
11With a site in Ireland
0FDA device clearances

Clinical trials 463 in our ClinicalTrials.gov registers · 33 in the EU register

StudyPhaseStatus
An Adjuvant Endocrine-based Therapy Study of Camizestrant (AZD9833) in ER+/HER2- Early Breast Cancer (CAMBRIA-2)
NCT05952557 · site in Ireland · Breast Cancer, Early Breast Cancer
Phase 3Active, closed
A Phase III Study of Ceralasertib Plus Durvalumab Versus Docetaxel in Patients With Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Whose Disease Progressed On or After Prior Anti PD (L)1 Therapy And Platinum Based Chemotherapy
NCT05450692 · site in Ireland · Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Phase 3Active, closed
A Study of T-DXd in Participants With or Without Brain Metastasis Who Have Previously Treated Advanced or Metastatic HER2 Positive Breast Cancer
NCT04739761 · site in Ireland · Breast Cancer
Phase 3Active, closed
To Assess Safety and Efficacy of Agents Targeting DNA Damage Repair With Olaparib Versus Olaparib Monotherapy.
NCT03330847 · site in Ireland · Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Phase 2Active, closed
Phase 2 Study of Disease Risk Mutation-Guided Finite Acalabrutinib+Venetoclax for Relapsed CLL Post-1L Finite cBTKi+BCL2i ± Obinutuzumab
NCT07024706 · site in Ireland · Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL)
Phase 2Recruiting
Drug-drug Interaction Study With AZD5335 and Itraconazole in Participants With Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer
NCT07402915 · site in Ireland · Fallopian Tube Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Phase 1Recruiting
AZD5335 vs. Mirvetuximab Soravtansine in FRα-high and AZD5335 vs. Chemotherapy in FRα-low Platinum-resistant Ovarian Cancer
NCT07218809 · site in Ireland · Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Phase 3Recruiting
A Global Phase III Study of Rilvegostomig or Pembrolizumab Monotherapy for First-Line Treatment of PD-L1-high Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
NCT06868277 · site in Ireland · Carcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lung
Phase 3Recruiting
Randomised Clinical Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety of Benralizumab 30 mg SC as an add-on Therapy in Uncontrolled Eosinophilic Asthma Patients Treated With Medium-dose ICS-LABA Compared to Conventional Escalation to High-dose ICS-LABA Treatment
NCT06750289 · site in Ireland · Eosinophilic Asthma
Phase 3Recruiting
Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment in Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
NCT05061550 · site in Ireland · Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Phase 2Recruiting

Showing 10 of 463, trials with Irish sites first. The full lists are on the sponsor pages below.

All trials by sponsor name 2 registry names

Drugs in these trials 195 compounds

EU trials register (CTIS) 33 authorised or ongoing · 1 in Ireland

Recent approvals

  • EtcamahEMA · camizestrant · 20 Jul 2026
  • EtcamahFDA · Camizestrant · 4 Sep 2026 · New Drug (NDA)
  • TruqapFDA · Capivasertib · 16 Nov 2023 · New Drug (NDA)

Medicine shortages 1 in the FDA list

  • Pramlintide Acetate InjectionUS (FDA) · resolved · updated 27 Oct 2025

A company is listed here when it is named on the shortage record; a shortage can have several manufacturers. See the US and German shortage trackers.

NICE technology appraisals 47 of its medicines · 47 current

Appraisals of medicines sold under a brand this company holds in EMA or FDA records, from our NICE appraisals register. NICE decisions apply to the NHS in England. © NICE 2026 technology appraisal guidance. Available from www.nice.org.uk/guidance. All rights reserved. Subject to Notice of rights. NICE guidance is prepared for the National Health Service in England. All NICE guidance is subject to regular review and may be updated or withdrawn. NICE accepts no responsibility for the use of its content in this product/publication.

Group (AstraZeneca): founded 1913, headquarters Cambridge Biomedical Campus, website astrazeneca.com. Wikidata Q731938 · Wikipedia. From Wikidata (CC0), matched by the group's SEC filer number.

How this is matched: register records are linked to this page by the organisation name they carry, here AstraZeneca; MedImmune LLC; AstraZeneca AB; AstraZeneca AB ; ASTRAZENECA; ASTRAZENECA AB and 1 more. Spot a wrong match? Tell us.

Financials & Irish Entities

From the annual reports AstraZeneca PLC files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (20-F, IFRS), in USD as reported. Latest financial year: to Dec 2025.

$58.7bnRevenue
$14.2bnR&D expense
24.2%R&D as % of revenue
$10.2bnNet income (17.4% margin)
Revenue and R&D expense, USD bn$0.0bn$20bn$40bn$60bnDec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025Dec 2021: $37bn (Revenue)Dec 2022: $44bn (Revenue)Dec 2023: $46bn (Revenue)Dec 2024: $54bn (Revenue)Dec 2025: $59bn (Revenue)RevenueDec 2021: $9.7bn (R&D expense)Dec 2022: $9.8bn (R&D expense)Dec 2023: $11bn (R&D expense)Dec 2024: $14bn (R&D expense)Dec 2025: $14bn (R&D expense)R&D expense
RevenueR&D expense
Year toRevenueR&DR&D %Net incomeFiling
Dec 2025$58.74bn$14.23bn24.2%$10.23bn20-F 2026
Dec 2024$54.07bn$13.58bn25.1%$7.04bn20-F 2026
Dec 2023$45.81bn$10.94bn23.9%$5.96bn20-F 2026
Dec 2022$44.35bn$9.76bn22.0%$3.29bn20-F 2025
Dec 2021$37.42bn$9.74bn26.0%$112m20-F 2024

Each year is taken from the most recent annual report that includes it, so earlier years reflect any later restatement. Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL financial data). Compare companies on the pharma company financials register.

Companies registered in Ireland 4 active in the CRO register

CompanyCRO no.RegisteredLast accounts
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) Designated Activity Company
DAC - Designated Activity Company (limited by shares)
555021976Dec 2025
Alexion Pharma Holding Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
5284772013Dec 2024
Alexion Pharma International Operations Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
5284782013Dec 2024
Astrazeneca Ireland Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
7341292023Dec 2024

From the Companies Registration Office (CRO Open Data, CC BY 4.0). A company is listed when GLEIF's legal entity register links it to AstraZeneca PLC as its ultimate parent, or when we checked its name and registered address by hand. Branches of foreign companies appear as "External company". Spot a missing or wrong entry? Tell us.

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