AstraZeneca Canada Ranks #2 on Canada's
30 Best Pension and Benefit Plans List for 2008

AstraZeneca Canada's Lifestyle Solutions Flex Benefits and Retirement Savings Plan ranked #2 on the list of Canada's 30 Best Pension and Benefit Plans for 2008 released by Benefits Canada, the country’s leading benefit and pension publication.  This is the second consecutive year AstraZeneca Canada’s Lifestyle Solutions program has been recognized on this list (we ranked # 9 in 2007).

Benefits Canada magazine partnered with Hewitt Associates to measure employee data from more than 220 organizations based on the 2008 Globe and Mail Report on Business (R.O.B.) survey.   Among some of the companies on the list of Canada's 30 Best Pension and Benefit Plans for 2008 include: 

#1  Business Development Bank of Canada

#2  AstraZeneca Canada Inc.

#4  Gibson Energy

#11 Intuit Canada

#14 National Bank of Canada

#19 Abbott Canada

#20 GlaxoSmithKline

#26 Deloitte & Touche

#29 Procter & Gamble Inc.

Making this list for a second year in a row is a tremendous accomplishment and great recognition of our competitive, highly valued and flexible programs.  It also reflects our continued commitment and support for employees' health and well-being as well as their families.