Glossary
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The following abbreviations and expressions have the following meanings when used in this Annual Report:
Abbott means Abbott Pharmaceuticals PR Ltd. with respect to Trilipix™ and/or Certriad and Abbott Laboratories, Inc. with respect to Crestor.
ADR means an American Depositary Receipt evidencing title to an ADS.
ADS means an American Depositary Share representing one underlying Ordinary Share.
AGM means an Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Alcon means Alcon Research, Ltd.
ANDA means an abbreviated new drug application, which is a marketing approval application for a generic drug submitted to the FDA.
Annual Report means this Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2009.
Array means Array BioPharma Inc.
Articles means the Articles of Association of the Company.
Astellas means Astellas Pharma, Inc.
Astra means Astra AB, being the company with whom the Company merged in 1999.
AstraZeneca means the Company and its subsidiaries.
BMS means Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
CER means constant exchange rates.
CFO means the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
CHMP means the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, being a committee of the EMEA.
Code of Conduct means the Group's Code of Conduct.
Combined Code means the UK Combined Code on Corporate Governance that sets out standards of good practice in corporate governance for the UK.
Company means AstraZeneca PLC (formerly Zeneca Group PLC (Zeneca)).
Complete Response Letter means a letter issued by the FDA communicating their decision to a drug company that its NDA or biological licensing application is not approvable as submitted. The submitting drug company is required to respond to the Complete Response Letter if it wishes to pursue an approval for its submission.
cost growth rates means percentage growth of a particular cost category over the comparable cost category for the previous year.
Dako means Dako Denmark A/S.
Director means a director of the Company.
earnings per share (EPS) means profit for the year after tax and minority interests, divided by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue during the year.
EMEA means the European Medicines Agency.
EU means the European Union.
