AstraZeneca India was established in 1979 and is headquartered at Bengaluru, Karnataka. AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited (AZPIL) is the operating company and covers manufacturing, sales and marketing activities of the company in India. It is a listed company and is a subsidiary of AstraZeneca Plc, UK. It has a workforce of over 1500 employees across the country that is committed to deliver life-changing medicines to patients through innovative science and global excellence in development and commercialization. The company has an innovative portfolio in crucial areas of healthcare including cardiovascular and & metabolic diseases, oncology and respiratory.
Rated as one of the finest in South East Asia, AstraZeneca’s Indian manufacturing facility has a sophisticated production facility designed to meet the most stringent international standards, conforming to WHO cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) norms. The facility is an ISO 14001 certified company and has a full-fledged environment management system in place.
AstraZeneca also launched its first, insourced IT facility, Global Technology Centre (GTC) in Chennai in 2014. Over 2000 IT professionals employed in the GTC focus on providing IT Infrastructure Management, Application Development and Maintenance, Global Project Management, and various allied IT services in support of the company’s worldwide operations. The GTC has close to 150,000 sqft of space fitted out to world class workplace standards located in Tata Ramanujan Info Park in the heart of Chennai.