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Zeneca, Inc. company history timeline

1984

Xylocaine remained one of Astra's most popular products for years: by 1984, local anesthetics constituted 24 percent of Astra's total group sales and Xylocaine alone contributed SKr696 million.

1985

The development of several new drugs to treat viral infections, gastrointestinal agents, and the central nervous system helped propel Astra's pre-tax earnings over the one billion kroner mark in 1985.

1988

Sales of the asthma drug Pulmicort helped propel total revenues to over SKr6.2 billion in 1988, by which time pre-tax earnings had risen to SKr1.5 billion.

In 1988, they hired an unlikely candidate: 44-year-old chocolatier Hanakan Mogren.

1990

Mogren more than doubled the sales force from about 3,000 in 1990 to nearly 7,000 by mid-decade and boosted the company's roster of subsidiaries to 40 nations worldwide.

1993

The Formation of Zeneca in 1993

1995

In 1995, the company suffered from an embarrassing scandal when Lars Bildman, head of Astra's North American operations was fired and faced criminal charges for defrauding the company of over US$1 million.

In 1995, ZPS developed fruits that stay firmer longer, thus reducing wastage for farmers since more of the crop is ripened at one time.

1996

By the end of fiscal 1996, Zeneca reported sales of £5.4 billion and a profit of more than £1 billion for the first time in its history.

1996: Astra's Losec becomes world's best-selling prescription drug.

1997

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Beginning in 1997, the company's shares began to underperform compared to the rest of the industry.

In 1997, the company was the second largest seller of cancer drugs.

1998

Finally, in December of 1998, the company announced its impending merger with Astra, who had recently disentangled itself from its obligations to Merck.

2000

The company merged its agrochemical business with that of Novartis (another drug company) in 2000.

2001

Once Losec's patent expired in 2001, other companies would be able to produce it generically at a significantly lowered price.

2010

APIL had since 2010 been associated with BMS in promotions of Onglyza (Saxagliptin) Kombiglyze XR (Saxagliptin and Metformin HCl extended release) and Byetta in the Indian Pharmaceutical Market.

2012

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy 2012 announced by the Government in December 2012 had brought 348 medicines covered in the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) under price control.

2013

Neither the company nor any of its officials/employees have been named as accused in the charge sheet.In December 2013 AstraZeneca globally announced an agreement to purchase Bristol Myers-Squibb' (BMS) 50% interest in AstraZeneca's and BMS's joint diabetes business.

The establishment programme was delivered to plan with planned QC transfers and the majority of tablet transfers delivered by the end of the Financial Year 2013-14.

The Year 2013-14 witnessed a series of regulatory interventions in the Indian Pharmaceutical Market.

2015

In 2015-16 Meronem became the company's first brand to cross the Rs.

2021

At 1.79 million, demat accounts opened in June fewest since Feb 2021

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