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GSK plc (an acronym from its former name GlaxoSmithKline plc) is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London. [3] [4] It was established in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, [n 1] which was itself a merger of a number of pharmaceutical companies around the Smith, Kline & French firm.
Dame Emma Natasha Walmsley DBE (born June 1969) is the chief executive officer (CEO) of GlaxoSmithKline. [ 1] She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty, who retired in March 2017. [ 2] Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a non-executive director of Diageo until September 2016. [ 3] She grew up in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.
The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by revenue in billion USD. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to its relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
Takeda Midosuji Building, headquarters of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. Takeda Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1781, and was incorporated on January 29, 1925. [ 12] One of the firm's mainstay drugs is Actos ( pioglitazone ), a compound in the thiazolidinedione class of drugs used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
With GSK's new pharma rep model in place less than a year, Millar said it's too early to assess how well it's working. But he said reps have been open to the changes and results based on the new ...
Shire plc. Shire plc was a UK -founded Jersey -registered specialty biopharmaceutical company. Originating in the United Kingdom with an operational base in the United States, its brands and products included Vyvanse, Lialda, and Adderall XR. Shire was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company on 8 January 2019.
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Novartis AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland. Consistently ranked in the global top five, Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world and was the fourth largest by revenue in 2022. [ 4][ 5] Novartis manufactures the drugs clozapine (Clozaril), diclofenac (Voltaren; sold to ...