Funded in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, the British

Funded in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, the British multinationalpharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has significant global presence with commercialoperations in more than 150 countries, a network of 87 manufacturing sites in 36 countries, 5 largeR&D centres in five countries, including the UK, USA, Spain, Belgium and China