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Astra AB pharmaceutical was founded in 1913 and headquartered in Södertälje, Sweden
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Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was formed in the UK
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Company launched anesthetics and other innovated products: Xylocaine (lidocaine), Thyreototal (thyoidea),Follidrin (oestradiol/oestrone), Tonocard (nicetamide)
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Company developed new medicines: Hibitane, Fluothane, Bamyl, Meproban, Tetradecin, Probecillin,Ferromyn, Diminal, Diurgin, Secergan and Ascoxal
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Pharmaceuticals business was formed in 1957 after ICI grows pharmaceuticals business in the 1940s and 50s)
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The company introduced the first cardiovascular brands to the pharma market
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Molecular Vaccines Inc was founded in Gaithersburg, US (It was renamed MedImmune in 1990)
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Sir James Black, pioneer of beta blockers for cardiovascular diseases (researcher at ICI in the late 1950s and early 1960s), was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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AstraZeneca was born through the merger with Astra AB of Sweden and Zeneca Group PLC of the UK
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AZ launches blockbuster brands and bought innovative companies as a MedImmune, Arrow Therapeutics, Cambridge Antibody Technology and KuDOS Pharmaceuticals
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AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb signed the alliance in the diabetes market through the acquisition of Amylin Pharmaceuticals by Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Company completed acquisition of AlphaCore Pharma, Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Pearl Therapeutics and Amplimmune
