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LSE:AZN (AstraZeneca PLC)

About AZN

AstraZeneca is a biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three main therapy areas - Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity (RIA), Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease (CVMD) and Oncology – as well as in Infection and Neuroscience.
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