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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world’s leaders in pharmaceutical research and development with a combination of skills and resources that provide a platform for delivering strong growth in today’s rapidly changing healthcare environment. GSK’s mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. With a firm foundation in science, GSK discover, develop, manufacture and distribute vaccines, prescription medicines and consumer healthcare products. Headquartered in the UK, with major business operations in the US, GSK employs more than 100,000 people in 117 countries.
In Malaysia, GSK has established a strong presence for almost 50 years. It employs close to 600 employees and has an annual sales turnover of over USD100Million.
GSK’s pharmaceutical products cover a broad spectrum of vaccines and major therapeutic areas such as anti-infectives, central nervous system (CNS), respiratory and gastro-intestinal/metabolic and oncology.
GSK is a leader in the important area of vaccines and are developing new treatments for cancer. GSK pharmaceuticals business serves more than 130 countries. The vaccines are used for immunizing children, and prevent flu and hepatitis. Every day, more than 3 million doses of GSK’s vaccines are distributed around the world.
GSK has a large portfolio of products, ranging from tablets and toothpaste to inhalers and complex capsules, in over 28,000 different pack sizes and presentations. More than 34,000 people work in GSK’s Global Manufacturing & Supply (GMS) to make and distribute these products easily and effectively to millions of people around the world. They work in 80 manufacturing sites in 37 countries.
In Malaysia, GSK wide product range covers healthcare from vaccines and over-the counter(OTC) medicines to nutritional health drink, oral care and pharmaceuticals.
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