abstract:Zeneca (officially Zeneca Group PLC) was a British multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was formed in June 1993 by the demerger of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals businesses of Imperial Chemical Industries into a separate company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
It's named for the company, AstraZeneca, to mark the 50th anniversary oftheirmajorfacility AlderleyPark where important medicineshavebeendiscoveredanddeveloped.