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SWOT ANALYSIS OF ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca

Parent Company

AstraZeneca Biopharmaceuticals

Category

Pharmaceutical

Sector

Health Care

Tagline/ Slogan

Health connects us all

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven, integrated USP biopharmaceutical company.

STP

Cardiovascular, neuroscience, gastrointestinal, oncology, infection & Segment respiratory diseases

Healthcare professionals, doctors, hospitals offering treatments for Target Group above mentioned diseases

They are responsible for development of prescription medicines for six Positioning important areas of healthcare such as cancer, infection.

SWOT Analysis

1. Rapid decision making & streamlined due diligence processing 2. Good commercial and R&D presence in emerging markets 3. Active in over 100 countries employing over 60,000 people 4. High investment in R&D with 11,000+ dedicated R&D team 5. Ten products with global sales above 1 billion dollar 6. Product portfolio includes cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, Strength infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation medicines

1. It was affected by drug shortage crisis as in case of Cefotan 2. Product discontinuation affects the performance Weakness 3. Legal proceedings related to patents and pricing issues affect image

1. It can leverage its strong presence in emerging markets 2. Increasing importance of biosimiler market Opportunity 3. Increasing global ageing population

1. Seroquel their blockbuster drug is facing threat of copycat generic drugs 2. Stringent drug development guidelines Threats 3. Competition coming up with effective drugs

Competition

1. Amgen 2. Genentech 3. Teva Pharmaceuticals Competitors 4. GlaxoSmithKline



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