Pharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca SpA
Business Name
Membership Type
Sustaining
Business Genre
Long Business Description

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company specialized in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription medicines that make a meaningful difference to healthcare. We have a culture of innovation, with science at the heart of everything we do. Europe is where most of our R&D efforts are conducted. AstraZeneca Italy focuses primarily on cancer (44,7%), cardiovascular/metabolic disease and diabetes (36,2%), respiratory/inflammation/autoimmunity (12,9%), infections and gastrointestinal diseases (6,2%). We are also deeply involved in projects where we believe we can make the difference: these include a significant presence on rare diseases and orphan drugs. The Company has over 750 employees in the Italian market. It has 64 clinical projects ongoing in high unmet needs areas such as oncology, respiratory, cardiovascular and diabetes. Overall there are 500 centers involved in clinical trials with over 120,000 enrolled patients. Within the AstraZeneca global trials, 2.5% of patients are from Italy, the same percentage of UK, more than Spain, and slightly less than Germany and France. In the last 3 years AstraZeneca Italy has invested almost 20 million euros in clinical research and we are firmly committed in enhancing our presence in the next coming years in light of our promising research pipeline. Current R&D expenditures amounts to EUR 6.3 on clinical trials alone.

Business Website Address
Business Phone Number
+39 02 00704500
Business Fax
+39 0290755615
Business Address
Viale Decumano 39
Milano

20157
Functional Srl
Business Name
Membership Type
Special Sustaining
Long Business Description

Functional Srl is a young and dynamic company founded in 2013 specialized in the production, development, marketing of medical devices, food supplements and functional food.Thanks to the commitment and experience of the founding partners, as well as international investors who believed in a winning project, the company was immediately characterized by a very high degree of innovation and quality; in 2018 it moved its headquarters to the NOI Techpark in Bolzano, the South Tyrolean science and technology park recognized as a center of entrepreneurial excellence at European level.

Thanks to the highly qualified local staff, we are able to produce over 1 million surgical masks weekly in compliance with the UNI EN 14683: 2019 and UNI EN ISO 10993-1: 2010 standards. Only certified raw materials are selected with extreme care in order to guarantee very high quality standards for a line of products totally MADE IN ITALY.

In addition to the production of medical devices, our core business is based on the commercialization of products in the medical field ranging from patient care products to diagnostic products.

 

Business Website Address
Business Phone Number
0039 347 798 1209
Business Address
Via A. Volta 13/A
Bolzano
Italia
39100
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
Membership Type
Special Sustaining
Business Genre
Long Business Description

Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) is a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy, touching millions of lives every day through dispensing and distributing medicines, and through its convenient retail locations, digital platforms and health and beauty products. The company has more than 100 years of trusted health care heritage and innovation in community pharmacy and pharmaceutical wholesaling.

Including equity method investments, WBA has a presence in more than 25 countries, employs more than 450,000 people and has more than 21,000 stores.

WBA’s purpose is to help people across the world lead healthier and happier lives. The company is proud of its contributions to healthy communities, a healthy planet, an inclusive workplace and a sustainable marketplace. WBA is a participant of the United Nations Global Compact and adheres to its principles-based approach to responsible business.

WBA is included in FORTUNE’s 2020 list of the World’s Most Admired Companies*, ranked first in the food and drugstore category. This is the 27th consecutive year that WBA or its predecessor company, Walgreen Co., has been named to the list.

Business Phone Number
+1 (847) 31 53700
Business Address
108 Wilmot Road
Deerfield, Illinois
60015