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AstraZeneca Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2011

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Business shapePeopleResponsible businessMet targets with continuedefficiencies across theorganisation 5Gross marginMaintain gross margin in excess of 80%<strong>20</strong>11:82.2%<strong>20</strong>10: 81.2%Met targetCore SG&A costsImprove cost efficiencies <strong>and</strong> flexibilityin SG&A costs<strong>20</strong>11:1.5%1.5% reduction in Core SG&A costs<strong>20</strong>10: 2% reduction in Core SG&A costsMet targetImprovement in employeeengagement <strong>and</strong> senior leadercommunications 7Employee engagementAchieve global high performing normrating for employee engagement by <strong>20</strong>14<strong>20</strong>11:84%<strong>20</strong>10: 83% scoreOn targetLeadership communicationsFurther developing our leadership <strong>and</strong>management capabilities<strong>20</strong>11:65%<strong>20</strong>10: 63% scoreMet targetAchieved highest ever assessmentscore for Dow Jones SustainabilityWorld <strong>and</strong> European Indexes 8DJSI rankingMaintain position within the DJSI WorldIndex comprising the top 10% of thelargest 2,500 companies<strong>20</strong>11:Top 7%<strong>20</strong>10: Top 8%Met targetConfirmed breaches of externalsales <strong>and</strong> marketing codes orregulations<strong>Report</strong> confirmed breaches of externalcodes arising from external scrutiny <strong>and</strong>voluntary disclosure by <strong>AstraZeneca</strong><strong>20</strong>11: 17 confirmed breaches ofexternal sales <strong>and</strong> marketingregulations or codes globallyStrategy <strong>and</strong> PerformanceProcurement savingsProcurement savings across all functionsWork-life balanceAchieve an improvement in the work-lifebalance of our employees<strong>20</strong>10: 11 confirmed breaches of externalsales <strong>and</strong> marketing regulations orcodes globally<strong>20</strong>11:$487mSavings of $487 million<strong>20</strong>10: Savings of $541 millionMet targetR&D cost efficiencyReduced function costs across R&D tosupport focused R&D portfolio<strong>20</strong>11:67%<strong>20</strong>10: 65% scoreMet target7See People section from page 40 for more information.All percentages are the result of our global employee survey(FOCUS); percentage scores are measured on a like-for-likebasis using comparable questions from the FOCUS survey.Met targetNumber of audits conductedExp<strong>and</strong> risk-based programme ofresponsible procurement audits, acrossall supplier categories <strong>and</strong> geographies<strong>20</strong>11:751751 audits of 727 suppliers<strong>20</strong>11:$5.0bnAchieved Core R&D efficiencysavings with spend of $5.0 billion 6<strong>20</strong>10: 48 audits of 42 suppliersMet target8See Responsible Business section from page 47 for moreinformation.<strong>20</strong>10: Achieved Core R&D efficiencysavings with spend of $4.2 billionMet target5See Financial Review from page 82 for more information.6See Research <strong>and</strong> Development section from page 30for more information.<strong>AstraZeneca</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Form</strong> <strong>20</strong>-F <strong>Information</strong> <strong>20</strong>11Strategy <strong>and</strong> Performance Our performance in <strong>20</strong>11 25

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