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| Traded as | BSE: 500660 NSE: GLAXO |
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| Industry | Pharmaceuticals & healthcare |
| Founded | 13 November 1924 as H. J. Foster & Co. Limited[1] |
| Headquarters | , India |
| Products | Medicines and vaccines |
| Revenue |  ₹3,723 crore (US$520 million) (2025) |
| ₹1,169 crore (US$160 million) (2025) | |
| ₹915 crore (US$130 million) (2025) | |
Number of employees | 3,100 (2025)[2] |
| Parent | GSK |
| Website | india-pharma |
| Footnotes / references Financials as of 31 March 2025[update].[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[edit | edit source]
It was founded on 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 Glaxo Laboratories (I) Ltd.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited - Company". Gsk-india.com. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ "Annual Report FY2024-25" (PDF). GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "GSK Pharma plans more investments to support growth". The Hindu Business Line. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ "GlaxoSmithKline: Glaxo baby grows up". Business Today. Retrieved 29 January 2022.