GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals

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GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Company type Public
BSE:  500660
NSE:  GLAXO
Industry Pharmaceuticals & healthcare
Founded13 November 1924 (1924-11-13) as H. J. Foster & Co. Limited [1]
Headquarters,
India
ProductsMedicines and vaccines
RevenueIncrease2.svg3,723 crore (US$440 million) (2025)
Increase2.svg1,169 crore (US$140 million) (2025)
Increase2.svg915 crore (US$110 million) (2025)
Number of employees
3,100 (2025) [2]
Parent GSK
Website india-pharma.gsk.com
Footnotes /references
Financials as of 31 March 2025. [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]

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]

Old GlaxoSmithKline logo until 9 June 2022 GSK logo 2014.svg
Old GlaxoSmithKline logo until 9 June 2022

References

  1. 1 2 "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited - Company". Gsk-india.com. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  3. "Annual Report FY2024-25" (PDF). GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  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.