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Company type | Public |
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BSE: 500660 NSE: GLAXO | |
Industry | Pharmaceuticals & healthcare |
Founded | 13 November 1924 as H. J. Foster & Co. Limited [1] |
Headquarters | , India |
Products | Medicines and vaccines |
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Number of employees | 3,100 (2025) [2] |
Parent | GSK |
Website | india-pharma |
Footnotes /references Financials as of 31 March 2025 [update] . [3] |
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]
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]