GlaxoSmithKline

Headquartered in Bretford, London, GlaxoSmithKline is a reputed pharmaceutical company that has been producing valuable drugs, vaccines and consumer health products since 2000. The company resulted out of collaboration between the companies of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham.

The Company

The company was started with a noble and genuine cause to cure the most difficult diseases affecting people and thereby enabling them to live a happy and healthy life. All the products that are marketed by the company have been developed by a systematic and thorough process of research and experimentation. The company spend millions everyday in the process of discovering safe and effective medicines. It is proud to be the only company that is trying to deal with three most dangerous diseases of present time, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. More than 100,000 people are associated with the company.

Products

Some of the important medicines that are manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline are listed below, Adartrel, Amoxil, Avodart, Cutivate, Epivir, Daraprim, Betnovate, Ultiva, Valtrex, Zantac, Ziagen. The company provides for 25 vaccines which are available worldwide to avoid serious diseases such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, typhoid, and bacterial meningitis.

Important Consumer Products

Popular consumer products such as Horlicks, Aquafresh, Ribena, Tums, Zovirax, Sensodyne, and Lucozade are manufactured under the popular brand of GlaxoSmithKline.

Awards

GlaxoSmithKline has justly been honored by a series of awards. It received ‘perfect score' according to a yearly assessment made by Human Rights Campaign Foundations based in United States. GlaxoSmithKline also stood first with respect to ‘ethical ranking' among all the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.