01 November 2000
Bringing Christmas joy to the homeless
This year's Charnwood Christmas Shelter opens its doors to the region's homeless, who otherwise would be spending the festive season living rough on the streets, on December 21, providing food, accommodation and comfort for the next fourteen days. More

01 November 2000
Christmas card cash helps the homeless
Caring workers at a prominent Loughborough company aim to avoid buying Christmas Cards this year so that much needed money can go to help homeless people. More

01 November 2000
Running for fun and charity
This year's Shepshed 10K race and Family Fun Run brought out the usual large number of competitors who completed the course in dry but heavy conditions following the recent rains. More

17 October 2000
AstraZeneca UK donates computers to local schools
AstraZeneca UK Sales and Marketing Company has demonstrated its commitment to the community by donating more than 200 computers to local schools.  More

02 October 2000
AstraZeneca employees help improve facilities at Macclesfield Women's Aid Centre
Two teams from AstraZeneca's Tablets Manufacturing Department at Macclesfield Works undertook a project to re-decorate and help equip several communal rooms at the Macclesfield Women's Aid centre in Macclesfield. More

01 October 2000
Top designs win it for students
Two local students have been successful in gaining acceptance of their designs by a major local company. More

01 October 2000
Christmas card design to see the world!
A challenge has gone out for local students to design this year's Christmas card for a local company with the winning design being sent to all corners of the globe. More

01 October 2000
Saving energy to help the environment
Did you know that a single computer monitor left switched on during the night wastes enough energy to laser print 800 A4 size pages? More

01 October 2000
Suzanne spins for Britain
To many, throwing a frisbee around is just good fun but many people do not realise that it is also a highly organised sport and a local girl, Suzanne Penfold, is one of the leading players in the country. More

27 September 2000
Environmental project helps to restore local village pond
Children from the Chelford Primary School are now benefiting from the recent restoration of the village pond that is adjacent to their school. More

21 September 2000
Children's charity benefits from local company's support
A group of sixteen employees from AstraZeneca have chosen to help the Children's Adventure Farm Trust as part of a Company team building exercise. More

15 September 2000
Children with special needs to benefit from AstraZeneca's first birthday
Staff at AstraZeneca are helping Park Lane Special School, Macclesfield as one of the projects to mark the Company's first birthday. Over 200 employees who work at the Alderley Park and Macclesfield sites volunteered their support. More

01 September 2000
Hospitals helped by a lack of dress sense!
Two local hospitals have benefited from cash raised by staff at a leading Loughborough company after they showed an appalling lack of dress sense by arriving at work in trousers which failed to match the rest of their clothing! More

01 September 2000
Easier ride to the top for cyclists
A major problem for cyclists, even in these days of modern multi-gear cycles, are hills. Imagine then the difficulties experienced when trying to get to the top of a hill with a fully laden wheelchair firmly anchored to the rear of the cycle! More

03 August 2000
AstraZeneca UK And The Astra Foundation make a donation to Keech Cottage Children's Hospice
Bev Salt, President, AstraZeneca UK Sales and Marketing Company has made a commitment to donate a total of £75,000 over three years to Keech Cottage Children's Hospice, Luton.  More

01 August 2000
Youth Centre gets a boost.
A local youth centre has been given a great boost with the donation of surplus furniture from a prominent Loughborough company. More

01 August 2000
Richard 'Lords' it up!
Every cricketer's dream is to play at Lords, the home of international cricket but few outside the professional game achieve it. More

04 July 2000
Foundation stone unveiled at new pharmaceutical headquarters.
The foundation stone, symbolising a new beginning for AstraZeneca's UK Sales and Marketing company, was unveiled today, Tuesday 4 July, by His Worship the Mayor of Luton, Councillor Waheed Akbar at 600 Capability Green Business Park. More

03 July 2000
AstraZeneca UK forms new clinical research group
AstraZeneca is confirming a significant commitment to clinical R and D in the UK with the formation of a new Clinical Research Group, integrating three of its existing clinical research groups in the UK. More

08 April 2000
Programme Launched to Lift Quality of Life in Cystic Fibrosis Units
To help create a better environment for children and adults with cystic fibrosis during their time in hospital, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, in conjunction with AstraZeneca, is pleased to announce the launch of the Patient Care Plus Programme on the first day of Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week. More

12 September 2000
A new therapy offers relief to eight million
The world's largest selling medicine prescribed by doctors to treat one of the most common conditions to afflict mankind, is about to be overshadowed with the introduction of a better alternative, esomeprazole. The condition comes under a little-known name - gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). To most of us it is more familiar in such terms as heartburn (a burning feeling rising from the stomach or lower chest up towards the neck) and indigestion, but for sufferers it can have a marked effect on how they live day-to-day. This new medicine may allow sufferers to take back control of their symptoms and they may no longer have to be tied to a routine of taking a tablet every day, as esomeprazole has been shown to quickly and effectively control symptoms when heartburn occurs. In clinical studies of patients with GORD, * after six months treatment, approximately 90 per cent of patients were able to control symptoms effectively by taking a daily dose of esomeprazole 20 mg as and when needed for heartburn relief. More

03 July 2000
NICE appraisal endorses Proton Pump Inhibitor's (PPIs) and shows dyspepsia sufferers may be missing appropriate treatment
AstraZeneca UK Limited notes that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) made public today its Guidance to the NHS for Proton Pump Inhibitors. The Guidance endorses the use of this class of medicines in the treatment of dyspepsia. The Guidance comments that up to 40 percent of the adult population suffer from dyspepsia in any one year and yet only 10 percent of the population seek their general practitioners' advice for dyspeptic symptoms each year. More

22 May 2000
Drug for post-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer
Post-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer, known to be sensitive to hormonal treatments, can now be offered a drug that is superior to the most commonly used first line treatment. New data from clinical trials, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in New Orleans (ASCO) indicates that, in this group of patients, treatment with a selective aromatase inhibitor delays progression of their cancer for longer than in those receiving the current gold standard treatment.  More