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AstraZeneca does [[animal testing]].
<ref>AstraZeneca [http://www.afadvisor.org/content/aboutAZ/investing/corporateResponsibility/default/astrazeneca-clinical-trials.asp Clinical Trials], accessed February 2009</ref>
=== Contract testing ===
AstraZeneca contract tests out to [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]]. <ref>Inside Huntingdon Life Sciences [http://www.shac.net/HLS/exposed/inside_hls/Inside_customers.html Inside Customers], accessed December 2008</ref> HLS is the 3rd largest Contract Research Organization (CRO) in the world and the largest animal testing facility in all of Europe. Firms hire HLS to conduct animal toxicity tests for agrochemicals, petrochemicals, household products, pharmaceutical drugs and toxins. <ref>Inside HLS [http://insidehls.com/faq.htm Frequently Asked Questions About Huntingdon Life Sciences], accessed February 2009</ref> HLS has a long history of gross animal welfare violations. See also [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]], sections 1 & 2.
==Political contributions==
* [[American Cancer Society]]
===References===
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=== External links ===
*Heather Thomlinson, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1332957,00.html "European market is inferior, says AstraZeneca"], ''Guardian'' (UK), October 22, 2004.
*"[http://www.prweek.com/news/news_worldwire.cfm?ID=238147&site=1 AZ raises Crestor global PR clout]", ''PR Week'', May 20, 2005. (Sub req'd). (This article refers to AZ's PR team handling the controversy over its cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor.)
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