AstraZeneca
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David Brennan
MESSAGE FROM DAVID BRENNAN
Chief Executive Officer
CODE OF CONDUCT
DEFINITIONS
ADRs refers to American Depositary Receipts.
Applicable codes refers to those codes that AstraZeneca has formally adopted, or with which it is otherwise obliged to comply.
AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca Group, the Group, the Company, we, us and our refer to AstraZeneca PLC and its consolidated entities, including MedImmune, KuDOS, Astra Tech, Aptium Oncology and Arrow Therapeutics.
Confidential information refers to any and all confidential and/or proprietary information or material belonging to or in the possession of any member of the AstraZeneca Group. It may be oral, visual, in writing, in the form of or contained in materials, or in any other form. It includes any information or material in any way related to AstraZeneca's (a) financial information, business plans, projections or strategies, property, business practices and relationships, processes, systems, methods of operation or marketing plans, (b) research, development or other investigative activities, (c) regulatory practices, procedures or policies, (d) products, specifications, formulae, ingredients, pricing policies, marketing plans, product costs or promotional activities, (e) customer, supplier or employee information or agreements, (f) medical, scientific or other technical information, (g) corporate, strategic, commercial, licence or other agreements or (h) inventions, innovations, improvements, know-how, trade secrets or other proprietary information.
Contractor refers to any supplier or other third party with whom or which AstraZeneca has a contract.
Healthcare professionals and organisations refers to any persons who or which may prescribe, administer, recommend, purchase, pay for, reimburse, authorise, approve or supply any product or service sold or provided by AstraZeneca. It includes:
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any members of the medical, dental, pharmacy or nursing professions, or relevant associated administrative staff; and/or
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hospitals and other care organisations, health insurers (including managed care organisations), pharmacies, and formulary or benefit administrators, and relevant staff at such entities.
Material refers to information that would be considered influential in making a decision to buy or sell securities.
Person refers to any natural person (ie an individual) or legal person (eg a company).
Supplier refers to any person providing AstraZeneca with goods or services, including vendors and consultants.
Supporting policies refers to any and all Company policies, codes, standards and procedures.
This Code of Conduct applies to all full- and part-time AstraZeneca Group directors, officers and employees worldwide. It requires compliance with all laws and regulatory requirements and applicable codes, as well as our own high ethical standards, as outlined in this Code and supporting policies. This includes a commitment to full compliance with all US Federal healthcare programme requirements, including those related to marketing, selling and reporting prices for US government reimbursed products.
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