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AstraZeneca Milestones

1993
October 26th 1993, former Astra of Sweden established a joint venture in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
1994
April 29th 1994, former Zeneca of UK and China Pharmaceutical Foreign Trade Company (predecessor of Sinopharm) formed a joint venture Zeneca Sinopharm Development Consulting Company Ltd.
1999
June 1st 1999, Astra of Sweden and Zeneca of the UK merged globally as AstraZeneca.
2001
April 10th 2001, AstraZeneca signed a cooperative agreement with Shanghai Jiaotong University on neuropsychiatric genetic research.
2001
April 28th 2001, AstraZeneca's China manufacturing site in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province held a grand inauguration ceremony.
2002
November 26th 2002, AstraZeneca launched its Clinical Research Unit - East Asia (ACRU - EA) in Shanghai, the first clinical research center established by a multinational pharmaceutical company in China, spanning mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea.
2003
September 3rd 2003, AstraZeneca launched the AstraZeneca Academy, a medical knowledge exchange center developed specifically for Chinese healthcare professionals, to suppo