GlaxoSmithKline plc is a global healthcare group engaged in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health related products. The company operated in two segments: Pharmaceuticals (Prescription pharmaceuticals and vaccines), and Consumer Healthcare. STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNIT – PHARMACEUTICALS MANUFACTURING AND MARKETING STRATEGIC GROUP FOR THE SBU – CONTRACT MANUFACTURING Company Information & Market Analysis GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE:GSK), formed through the merger of British drug makers Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham in December 2000, ranks as the world’s second largest pharmaceutical company. GSK group engaged in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. GlaxoSmithKline supply one quarter of the world 's vaccines and by the end of February 2008 GSK had 24 vaccines in clinical development. It has operations in some 114 countries, with products sold in over 140 countries. The company operates in two segments: Pharmaceuticals (prescription pharmaceutical and vaccines) and Consumer Healthcare (over-the-counter medicines, oral care and nutritional healthcare). The company offers a wide range of respiratory drugs, the most important of which is Seretide/Advair (2007 sales of $7.0 billion), a leading asthma treatment. GSK is believed to be the leader in HIV/AIDS therapeutics, with its Trizivir, Epivir and Combivir drugs. The markets for its products are the United States, France, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Spain. The U.S. accounted for 48% of pharmaceutical sales in 2007, Europe 30% and other regions 22%. The dollar value of the global pharmaceutical market was projected to exceed $770 billion in year 2008, according to IMS Health
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GSK is a global healthcare group engaged in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture and marketing