GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Company type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 500660; NSE: GLAXO
Industry	Pharmaceuticals & healthcare
Predecessor	Laboratories (I) Ltd
Founded	13 November 1924 as H. J. Foster & Co. Limited
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Products	Medicines and vaccines
Revenue	₹3,309 crore (US$390 million) (FY 2021)
Net income	₹358 crore (US$42 million) (FY 2021)
Number of employees	3500
Parent	GSK
Website	india-pharma.gsk.com

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd is an Indian research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company, and a subsidiary of GSK.^[4]^[5] The company's product portfolio includes prescription medicines and vaccines. Its prescription medicines range across therapeutic areas such as anti-infectives, dermatology, gynaecology, diabetes, oncology, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory diseases. It also offers a range of vaccines, for the prevention of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, invasive disease caused by H, influenzae, chickenpox, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, rotavirus, cervical cancer, and others.^[6]

History

It was founded 13 November 1924 in India under the name of H.J.Foster & Co. Limited as an Agency House for distributing Baby Food Glaxo, Joseph Nathan & Co. In 1950, it changed its name to Laboratories (I) Ltd.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited" (PDF). gsk.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^ "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited - Company". Gsk-india.com. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
^ "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, Business Wire India, Press Releases, Dr. A Ramachandran". Businesswireindia.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
^ "GSK Pharma plans more investments to support growth". The Hindu Business Line. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
^ "GlaxoSmithKline: Glaxo baby grows up". Business Today. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[hjfoster-1] "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[fy2021-2] "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited" (PDF). gsk.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[3] "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited - Company". Gsk-india.com. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.

[4] "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, Business Wire India, Press Releases, Dr. A Ramachandran". Businesswireindia.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.

[5] "GSK Pharma plans more investments to support growth". The Hindu Business Line. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.

[6] "GlaxoSmithKline: Glaxo baby grows up". Business Today. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

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