GlaxoSmithKine
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GlaxoSmithKline | |
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Type | Public / Private |
Industry | Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare |
Slogan | Do more Feel Better live longer |
Headquarters | 980 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9GS United Kingdom |
Key people | Emma Walmsley (CEO) Roger Connor President, Global Manufacturing & Supply Luc Debruyne President, Global Vaccines |
GSK is a science led global health care company that researches, develops and manufactures innovative pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products. GSK has global commercial operations in more than 150 countries, a network of 87 manufacturing sites, and large R&D centers in the UK, USA, Belgium and China.[1]
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History
GlaxoSmithKline started operations on 1 January 2001 following the merger of GlaxoWellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham plc.
Controversies
Top 5 Recent Tweets
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November 26, 2022 | FactsHomie | British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKine (GSK) uses squalene in flu vaccines. |
Top 5 Recent News Headlines
GlaxoSmithKline plc GSK announced that the FDA has approved the label expansion of eosinophilic asthma drug, Nucala, to include treatment of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis ("EGPA"). With this approval, Nucala becomes the first targeted treatment for EGPA, which was previously known as Churg-Strauss syndrome.
EGPA is a rare autoimmune disease, which causes inflammation in small and medium-sized blood vessels. It can cause damage to lungs, sinuses, skin, heart, gastrointestinal tract, nerves and other organs.
Nucala is presently approved for treating severe eosinophilic asthma.