Our impact
Early diagnosis and treatment to prevent disease progression and transform care
Science and innovationInterconnected health means taking care of people, society and planet
Interconnected health
Our company
Unlocking the power of what science can do for people, society and the planet
We are a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical company. We are dedicated to accelerating the delivery of life-changing medicines that create enduring value for patients, society, the planet and our shareholders.
AstraZeneca at a glance
$54.1bn
Total Revenue*
>18%
Total Revenue growth*
$13.6bn
invested in our science*
*year ending 31 December 2024
Our Purpose
We push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines.
Our Purpose underpins everything we do. It gives us a reason to come to work every day. It reminds us why we exist as a company. It helps us deliver benefits to patients and create value for shareholders.
Our Values
We follow the science. We put patients first. We play to win. We do the right thing. We are entrepreneurial.
Our Values determine how we work together and the behaviours that drive our success. They guide our decision making and define our beliefs.
Our strategy
Our bold aspiration is to be pioneers in science, lead in our disease areas and transform patient outcomes. By 2030, we aim to launch 20 new medicines and achieve $80 billion in Total Revenue with sustained growth thereafter.
Science and Innovation
Advances in science and technology are revolutionising the way we work, enabling us to push the boundaries to deliver new and better medicines and treatments more quickly to more patients.
Our strategic focus areas:
- Deliver the next wave of pipeline innovation
- Accelerate platform of therapeutic modalities
- Transform R&D ways of working
Growth and Therapy Area Leadership
We are working across our therapy areas to transform care and meet the increasing demand for healthcare by improving access to our medicines, expanding treatment options and enabling patients to take control of their own health.
Our strategic focus areas:
- Achieve industry-leading growth in our therapy areas
- Transform care
- Realise world-class supply chains
People and Sustainability
Recognising the interconnection between business growth, the needs of society and our dependency on nature, we promote health equity and resilient healthcare, and play an active role in addressing the climate crisis. We cultivate an inclusive and diverse work environment where employees can thrive and are empowered to make an impact for people, society and the planet.
Our strategic focus areas:
- Deliver a great employee experience
- Lead on climate, equity and resilience
- Enable an agile organisation
Our therapy areas
We're creating novel therapies that help people with cancer or other chronic and rare diseases. Our focus is on therapy areas where we can transform care and improve outcomes for patients.
Oncology
We are leading a revolution to transform cancer care. Our ambition is to eliminate cancer as a cause of death.
We seek to transform outcomes for people living with cancer through innovative medicines, powerful collaborations and a world-class, purpose-driven team.
BioPharmaceuticals
Our ambition is to transform care for billions of people living with chronic diseases and deliver long-lasting immunity.
We are working to intervene earlier to protect vital organs, slow or reverse disease progression, and achieve remission for often degenerative, debilitating and life-threatening conditions, so many more people can live better, healthier lives.
Rare Disease
We are dedicated to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, and the people who support them.
Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease continues to build a diversified pipeline across disease areas with significant unmet medical need, using an array of innovative modalities, while expanding our global geographic footprint.
Our approach to sustainability
Recognising the interconnection between business growth and addressing the major health challenges of our time, our Sustainability strategy focuses on how we do business and how we make a positive impact — for the health of people, society and the planet.
How we make a sustainable impact
Through the power of science and innovation, we are taking action on climate and nature, health equity and health systems resilience. We collaborate with governments, health systems, patient groups, academia and NGO’s to focus our shared efforts where we can have the greatest impact — on local, regional and global health.
How we do business
We are guided by our Values and invest in our people to create long-term value, resilience and trust by operating responsibly, ethically and with robust governance.
Our people
94,300
employees**
84%
employees believe that AstraZeneca is a great place to work**
80%
feel valued for diverse opinions and thinking**
** Annual Report 2024
We are dedicated to being a great place to work. One where everyone who chooses to work at our company is able to make a difference to patients, a meaningful contribution to society and a positive impact on our planet.
We foster an environment where our people feel they belong and are empowered to reach their full potential, perform at their best and make a valued contribution to the enterprise.
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Our global strategic R&D centres
Our centres in Cambridge (UK), Gaithersburg (US), Boston (US), Gothenburg (Sweden), Shanghai (China) and Beijing (China) are the driving force of our strategy and science, and key to our long-term success.
Cambridge
Our Discovery Centre, also known as The DISC at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) is AstraZeneca’s largest research and development centre in the UK, with more than 2,000 people working across all our therapy areas, drug discovery platforms, development and commercialisation.
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Gaithersburg
A unique, innovative and inclusive modern campus, just a short drive away from Washington, DC, our Gaithersburg facility is home to a diverse community of more than 5,200 people, with the capacity to discover, develop, manufacture, and commercialise potentially life-changing medicines – all on one site.
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Boston
Located in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the heart of the greater Boston life science ecosystem, our new R&D centre will support approximately 1,500 R&D, commercial and corporate colleagues in a vibrant new space, designed to encourage collaboration and innovation.
Gothenburg
With more than 2,600 employees from 70 countries, our vibrant Gothenburg site helps support the entire life-cycle of AstraZeneca medicines, from drug discovery and clinical trials, through to global commercialisation and product maintenance.
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Shanghai
Shanghai is home to our fifth strategic R&D centre and where over half of our 1,000-plus R&D employees in China are based. Spanning research, clinical development and life-cycle management, the Shanghai R&D centre is leading and accelerating the delivery of life-changing medicines across AstraZeneca’s main therapy areas, helping to meet significant unmet medical needs in China and globally.
Beijing
The new global strategic R&D centre in Beijing, AstraZeneca’s second in China following the opening of the Shanghai R&D centre, will advance early-stage research and clinical development and will be enabled by a new state-of-the-art AI and data science laboratory.
Veeva ID: Z4-74985
Date of preparation: June 2025