GlaxoSmithKline

What do Aquafresh toothpaste, Horlicks and Amoxil antibiotic all have in common?

They’re all products created and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

GSK is a global pharmaceutical company which has been formed through the merger of lots of different companies.

There are three main areas of healthcare that GSK are involved in:

• Researching and developing prescription medicines
• Developing, producing and distributing vaccines in over 170 countries around the world
• Manufacturing consumer health products
  • Over the counter medicines such as Night Nurse
  • Toothpaste and other oral health products
  • Skin health products
  • nutrition products such as Horlicks.

GSK have offices in more than 150 countries, a network of 86 manufacturing sites in 36 countries and large R&D centres in the UK, USA, Spain, Belgium and China. In the UK GSK employ around 16,000 people across 18 sites. One of their Research and Development sites is based in Barnard Castle in the north east of England.