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AZN vs PCRX

Side-by-side comparison of AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) and Pacira BioSciences Inc. (PCRX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both AZN and PCRX operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • AZN is the larger of the two at $576.71B, about 644.3x PCRX ($895.2M).
  • Over the past year, AZN is down 2.3% and PCRX is down 11.0% - AZN leads by 8.7 points.
  • PCRX has been more active in the news (22 items in the past 4 weeks vs 21 for AZN).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceAZN-2.26%PCRX+6.62%
2026-02-02+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricAZNPCRX
Company
AstraZeneca PLC
Pacira BioSciences Inc.
Price
$183.99-1.08%
$22.63-0.44%
Market cap
$576.71B
$895.2M
1M return
+0.72%
-4.21%
1Y return
-2.26%
-10.99%
Industry
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2026
2011
News (4w)
21
22
Recent ratings
25
25
AZN

AstraZeneca PLC

AstraZeneca PLC discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes prescription medicines in the areas of oncology, cardiovascular, renal and metabolism, respiratory, infection, neuroscience, and gastroenterology worldwide. The company's marketed products include Tagrisso, Lynparza, Imfinzi, Enhertu, Koselugo, Lumoxiti, Equidacent, Zoladex, Faslodex, Iressa, Arimidex, Casodex/Cosudex, and others for oncology diseases; Onglyza, Bydureon, Lokelma, Byetta, Qtern, Symlin, and others for cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism diseases; and Symbicort, Pulmicort, Fasenra, Daliresp/Daxas, Duaklir, Tudorza/Eklira, Bevespi, Breztri, Anifrolumab, and others for respiratory and immunology diseases. It also offers other medicines and COVID-19 products, including Synagis, Fluenz Tetra/FluMist Quadrivalent, Seroquel IR/Seroquel XR, Vimovo, Movantik/Moventig, Nexium, Losec/Prilosec, and COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca. The company serves primary care and specialty care physicians through distributors and local representative offices. It has a collaboration agreement with Daiichi Sankyo to develop and commercialize DS-1062 for the treatment of trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (TROP2) tumor; AliveCor, Inc. to develop non-invasive potassium monitoring solutions; Massachusetts General Hospital to accelerate digital health solutions; Sanguina on smartphone application study for hemoglobin management in patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease; Alchemab to enhance prostate cancer research; and Proteros biostructures GmbH to discover and develop novel small molecules for the treatment of various types of cancer. The company was formerly known as Zeneca Group PLC and changed its name to AstraZeneca PLC in April 1999. It has a collaboration agreement with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to research, develop, and commercialize small molecule medicines for obesity. AstraZeneca PLC was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

PCRX

Pacira BioSciences Inc.

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. provides non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions for health care practitioners and their patients in the United States. The company develops products based on its proprietary DepoFoam product delivery technology that encapsulates drugs without altering their molecular structure. It offers EXPAREL, a bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension, administered at the time of surgery to control pain and reduce or eliminate the use of opioids for acute postsurgical pain; and iovera system, a non-opioid handheld cryoanalgesia device used to deliver controlled doses of cold temperature only to targeted nerves. The company was formerly known as Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Pacira BioSciences, Inc. in April 2019. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.

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