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AstraZeneca, is a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company resulting from the merger the Swedish Astra and British Zeneca plc.
AstraZeneca specialises in prescription medicines for the treatment of raised cholesterol, cancer, asthma and stomach ulcers. It is a world leader in the supply of anaesthetics.
Zeneca was originally known as ICI Pharmaceuticals, before it was demerged from the one time highly successfully British chemicals company, ICI.