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'''AstraZeneca''' is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The company specialises in drugs for gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and oncology therapeutic areas. The company has accused animal rights activists of forcing its research operations to Asia and South America [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/business/articles/timid84724?source=].
==Political contributions==
AstraZeneca gave $379,320 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its [[political action committee]] - 28% to [[Democrats]] and 72% to [[Republican Party (USA)|Republicans]].
<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strID=C00279455 2006 PAC Summary Data], ''Open Secrets'', accessed August 2007.</ref>
==Corporate Donations==
They Donate their products to [[AmeriCares]]. [http://www.americares.org/site/c.ivIYIjN3JyE/b.1704307/k.D7E6/International_Disaster_Relief_Organization__Corporate_Partners.htm]
==Lobbying==
The company spent $2,840,000 for [[lobbying]] in 2006. In-house lobbyists along with 6 [[lobbying firms]] were used, including [[Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti]].
<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?txtname=AstraZeneca&year=2006 AstraZeneca lobbying expenses], ''Open Secrets''.</ref>
===Americans for Medical Progress ===
[[Americans for Medical Progress]]'s board reads like a who's who for the pharmaceutical and vivisection industries. Board members represent multi-national, billion dollar corporations as well as universities and institutions receiving government grants for vivisection. They include: [[Charles River]], [[Abbott Laboratories]], [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Pfizer]], [[AstraZeneca]] and [[Wyeth]]. <ref>Americans for Medical Progress [http://www.amprogress.org/site/c.jrLUK0PDLoF/b.1086423/k.65B3/AMP_BOARD_OF_DIRECTORS.htm Board of Directors], accessed February 2009</ref>
==Personnel==
Fax: +44-20-7304-5151<br>
Web: http://www.astrazeneca.com
==Articles & sources==
===SourceWatch articles===
* [[Americans for Medical Progress]]
* [[Pharmaceutical industry]]
* [[Animal testing]]
* [[Medical Industrial Complex]]
==References==
*"[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.)
*Peter Rost, MD, "[http://www.counterpunch.org/rost04182007.html The Strange Profits from a Re-Branded Cancer Drug: How to Sell Drugs at $4,200 a Dose]", ''Counterpunch'', April 18, 2007.
*Stephenie Edwards [http://www.hsus.org/animals_in_research/animals_in_research_news/outsourcing_of_primate.html Outsourcing of Primate Research Puts Animal Welfare in Question], Humane Society of the U.S., July 2006
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