Companies × risks
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca deploys AI across its R&D pipeline and adopts external AI platforms through partnerships (Immunai, Absci). It also develops specialised biomedical AI, including the open-source Kazu BioNLP framework presented at EMNLP and deep learning libraries for drug-related applications.
We reviewed 4 public documents from AstraZeneca and found it acknowledges 2 of 24 AI risks: discrimination and transparency & interpretability.
Sector: Agriculture, Mining, Construction and Manufacturing; Chemicals & pharmaceutical manufacturing
Roles: AI deployer; Specialized AI developer
AI risks AstraZeneca acknowledges
- Discrimination: “AI systems can amplify biased and discriminatory decision making” (AstraZeneca Risk Supplement 2024)
- Transparency & interpretability: “generate insights which are difficult to interpret and explain” (AstraZeneca Risk Supplement 2024)
Documents we reviewed
- Advancing data and artificial intelligence (AI overview & principles, 2026)
- AstraZeneca Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2024 (Annual report, 2025)
- Code of Conduct for Third Parties | AstraZeneca (Corporate policy, 2025)
- AstraZeneca Risk Supplement 2024 (Investor materials, 2024)