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Company type | Public |
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BSE: 500660 NSE: GLAXO | |
Industry | Pharmaceuticals & healthcare |
Predecessor | Laboratories (I) Ltd |
Founded | 13 November 1924[1] | as H. J. Foster & Co. Limited
Headquarters | , India |
Products | Medicines and vaccines |
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Number of employees | 3500[3] |
Parent | GSK |
Website | india-pharma |
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
[edit]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]
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References
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- ^ 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.
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- ^ "GlaxoSmithKline: Glaxo baby grows up". Business Today. Retrieved 29 January 2022.