ASTRAZENECA PLC ANNOUNCES LATE-STAGE PIPELINE CONFERENCE CALL FOR INVESTORS AND ANALYSTS

AstraZeneca PLC ("AstraZeneca", "the Company") will today host a conference call for investors and analysts. This will focus on key potential medicines within the late-stage pipeline and will provide further details on the progress made in 2015 and the anticipated news flow in 2016. No material new information will be included; the call is intended to offer additional insight on the pipeline.

The event will be led by Sean Bohen, Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development and Chief Medical Officer, alongside AstraZeneca experts from each of the Company's main therapy areas and will take place at 16:00 - 17:30 GMT (11:00 - 12:30 EST).

The dial-in details for the conference call are as follows:

The accompanying presentation will be available for download at astrazeneca.com/investors one hour prior to the start of the call. A link to the live audio webcast will also be available at this address. An indexed version and transcript of the webcast will be published in due course.

A replay of the call can be accessed from 17:30 GMT today via the following numbers:

Reporting Calendar

The Company intends to publish its full-year financial results on 4 February 2016.

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of diseases in three therapy areas - respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune disease (RIA), cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CVMD) and oncology - as well as in infection and neuroscience. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.astrazeneca.com

CONTACTS

Key: RIA - Respiratory, Inflammation & Autoimmunity, CVMD - Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease, 

ING - Infection, Neuroscience & Gastrointestinal

02 December 2015

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