AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in research, development, manufacturing and marketing of innovative, effective medicines that makes a meaningful difference in important areas of healthcare. AstraZeneca is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies focusing its resources on six therapy areas: gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory, oncology and infection. With subsidiary MedImmune the company has a world-class biologics and vaccines capability. AstraZeneca is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (Global) as well as the FTSE4Good Index. For more information visit www.astrazeneca.com.

AstraZeneca Nobel Medicine Initiative

The AstraZeneca Nobel Medicine Initiative is a co-operation between AstraZeneca and Nobel Web/Nobel Media. The aim of the Initiative is to increase the general public's understanding of and interest in the achievements of the Nobel Prize Laureates within the fields of Physiology or Medicine and to further explain the benefits of the discoveries made.

The AstraZeneca Nobel Medicine Initiative will consist of three core elements:

Lecture Events
AstraZeneca, in co-operation with Nobel Media and Nobel Web, will host a lecture event with the current year's Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine at selected AstraZeneca research centers worldwide. Visiting Nobel Laureates will participate in an interview, lecture, and Question and Answer session. The lectures events will be made available on www.astrazeneca.com.

Interactive Educational Content in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Web will create, with the support of AstraZeneca, an educational Internet production per year called a Nobel Prize Narrative which will reflect the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and will place a series of related Nobel Prizes in a broader context, exploring the evolution of the discipline.

Nerve Signaling - a production based on several Nobel Prizes related to nerve signaling. »

Documentaries in Physiology or Medicine
Nobel Media will produce, with the support of AstraZeneca, one broadcast documentary per year on a topic related to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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