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Zeneca

Zeneca Group plc, trading as Zeneca, was a British multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, England. It was formed in June 1993 by the demerger of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals businesses of Imperial Chemical Industries into a separate company listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 1999, Zeneca and the Sweden-based pharmaceutical company Astra AB merged to form AstraZeneca plc. Zeneca shareholders received 53.5% of the shares, while Astra shareholders received the remaining 46.5%. Zeneca's largest therapeutic area was oncology, in which its key products included Casodex, Nolvadex and Zoladex. Other key products included heart drug Tenormin.

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Zeneca Group plc, trading as Zeneca, was a British multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, England. It was formed in June 1993 by the demerger of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals businesses of Imperial Chemical Industries into a separate company listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 1999, Zeneca and the Sweden-based pharmaceutical company Astra AB merged to form AstraZeneca plc. Zeneca shareholders received 53.5% of the shares, while Astra shareholders received the remaining 46.5%. Zeneca's largest therapeutic area was oncology, in which its key products included Casodex, Nolvadex and Zoladex. Other key products included heart drug Tenormin.

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  1. date of formation: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368850885

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