Glaxo Smith Kline
Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) is one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. Commiting to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. The company engages in the creation, development, discovery development manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical and customer health-related products worldwide.
There are two segments – consumer healthcare and pharmaceuticals. The consumer healthcare segment provides a large assortment over-the-counter medicines, nutritional products, oral care. Glaxo SmithKline’s oral products include mouthwashes, toothpastes, denture care products and toothbrushes. Its nutritional products include sport drinks, blackcurrant juice-based drink containing Vitamin C, glucose energy drinks, and a big assortment of chocolate drinks and milk-based malted food.
The pharmaceutical segment offers vaccines and prescription pharmaceuticals. Its major products include cardiovascular, metabolic, antivirals, respiratory, antibacterials, oncology central nervous system.
GlaxoSmithKline has a strategic alliance with Theravance, Inc. The company was established in 1999 and is located in London.
