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GSK plc: A Pharmaceutical Giant's Trajectory GSK plc, a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in London, emerged from the 2000 merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. Its origins trace back to a series of earlier pharmaceutical mergers centered around ...
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- Company type Public limited company
- Industry Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology
- Founded 27 December 2000
- Headquarters London, England, UK
- Area served Worldwide
- Key people Sir Jonathan Symonds (Chairperson), Emma Walmsley (CEO)
- Revenue £31.376 billion (2024)
- Net income £2.951 billion (2024)
- Number of employees 70,000 (2025)
- Subsidiaries Stiefel Laboratories, Tesaro, ViiV Healthcare (76.5%)
- Website www.gsk.com
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GlaxoSmithKline history
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): A Legacy Forged Through Acquisitions and Innovation Founded in 1873 as Joseph Nathan & Co, a New Zealand general trading company, the GSK story is one of continuous evolution through strategic acquisitions and research. Initially producing the baby food Glaxo, the company ...
GLAXOSMITHKLINE NEWS
Explained: Why has consumer protection body asked for Sensodyne ad to be scrapped?
February 15, 2022 8:36 am
The Central Consumer Protection Authority has directed GlaxoSmithKline to discontinue advertisements for Sensodyne products. Here's why
Experimental antibody drug prevents malaria in small study
August 13, 2021 8:30 pm
Monoclonal antibodies have been approved or authorised for emergency use for inflammatory diseases, cancer and viral infections such as COVID-19.
Sanofi, GSK to provide COVID-19 vaccine to global alliance
October 28, 2020 4:57 pm
The facility is part of COVAX, a coalition of governments, health organisations, businesses and charities working to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines.
GlaxoSmithKline to discontinue Zinetac tablets in India
May 22, 2020 2:44 pm
The company has made a decision to discontinue the manufacture and supply of Zinetac tablets (150 mg and 300 mg products) manufactured in India and will in due course request cancellation of the marketing authorisation associated with the drug, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals said in a regulatory filing.
British drugmaker GSK to collaborate with CEPI in effort to develop coronavirus vaccine
February 03, 2020 8:06 am
GSK will make its "adjuvant platform technology" available for developing a vaccine against the 2019-nCoV virus, according to the statement.
The milky way: Can Unilever-Horlicks deal make health drink sector taller, stronger
December 09, 2018 4:42 pm
As India’s largest consumer goods company picks up Horlicks, the biggest brand in the health food drinks sector, as part of a Rs 31,700 crore deal with GlaxoSmithKline, The Indian Express on whether Hindustan Unilever’s acquisition can help revive a flagging sector and make it “taller, stronger, sharper”
Made in India
March 11, 2015 12:00 am
But do read the subtext: Rotavac was created in collaboration with the world.
Chinese police charge former GSK China head with bribery
May 15, 2014 1:37 am
GSK is Britain’s biggest drugmaker.
GSK posts net profit at R172 cr in last quarter
May 10, 2014 12:35 am
The company said it has changed the accounting year from January-December to April-March.
Novartis, GSK, Eli Lilly trade assets as global pharma industry reshapes
April 22, 2014 10:49 pm
Overhaul is part of realignment in a sector that is coping with steep govt spending cuts.
