The international healthcare organisation, AstraZeneca, have appointed Cognizant to provide application maintenance over the next five years.

Cognizant will work with AstraZeneca’s global shared services organisation and implement end–to-end application maintenance services.

Richard Williams, global CIO at AstraZeneca, commented, “Our strategic partnerships will enable us to streamline operations efficiency, raise standards and deliver world-class services. The selection of Cognizant will allow us to leverage their global operations to meet the needs of our business.”

Francisco D’Souza, president and CEO of Cognizant, said, “We are pleased to have been selected by AstraZeneca’s global shared services organisation to provide application-related services.”

No financial details have been released.