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'''GlaxoSmithKline''' (GSK) is an international [[pharmaceutical]] giant headquartered in Britain. GSK traces its heritage back to a London pharmacy established in 1715. Various entities, including Burroughs Wellcome & Company, Smith-Kline & French Laboratories and Glaxo Laboratories merged to form GSK.<ref>[http://gsk.com/about/history.htm Our History], GlaxoSmithKline, accessed February 2009</ref> GSK is one of the top five drug firms in the world.

In the fiscal year ending in December of 2010, the company had total revenues of approximately $45.6 billion.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?ticker=GLAXF:US&dataset=incomeStatement&period=A&currency=US%20Dollar GlaxoSmithKline PLC Financials],"Bloomberg BusinessWeek", accessed July 9, 2011</ref> Its CEO, Andrew Witty, received an annual compensation of $3.69 million in 2010.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=3027345&ticker=GSK:LN&previousCapId=275442&previousTitle=GLAXOSMITHKLINE%20PLC Executive Profile: Andrew Witty], ''Bloomberg BusinessWeek'', accessed July 9, 2011</ref>

==Ties to ALEC==

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==Lobbying==

==Public relations==

===Aggressive PR===

Due to the low public standing of GSK and drug industry as a whole, GSK began engaging in aggressive, often locally-focused [[public relations]]. In spring 2004, GSK launched a "[[grassroots]] outreach" effort, sending "sales representatives to deliver its message in front of the religious, fraternal, and other community groups to which they belong." A year into the effort, ''PR Week'' reported that GSK's standing had improved by 13 points, according to a Harris Interactive poll.

:"These folks are hungry for news. They'll print everything we say … without the political spin."

===Americans for Medical Progress===

==Drug issues==

===GSK & placebo effect===

In 2003, a senior executive for [[GlaxoSmithKline]] announced that ''the vast majority of drugs, more than 90%; only work in 30 to 50% of the people.'' Dr. Allen Roses, an academic geneticist from [[Duke University]] spoke at a scientific meeting in London:<ref>Steve Connor [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/glaxo-chief-our-drugs-do-not-work-on-most-patients-575942.html GlaxoSmithKline Chief: Our Drugs Do Not Work On Most Patients], The Independent Science, December 2003</ref>

==Animal testing==

GlaxoSmithKline does [[animal testing]].

==Personnel & board==

* [[Christopher Gent]] - Chairman

===Selected board members===

* Stephanie Burns - Chairman, President & CEO, [[Dow Corning]] Corporation

* [[Sir Ian Prosser]] - CEO & CEP, Bass PLC, Former Chairman, London Stock Exchange Listed Advisory Council <ref>[http://gsk.com/investors/reps06/annual-report-2006.pdf Pg 54, Board of Directors], GlaxoSmithKline, accessed October 2007.</ref>

===Former board members===

* [[Tom de Swaan]]

==Contact==

Web address: http://us.gsk.com

* [[AIDS industry]]

* [[Animal testing]]

* [[The Homeland and Lilly Protection Act]]

* [[U.S. prescription drug system]]

* Patricia Reaney [http://www.goodhealth.nu/News_Articles/040424-Drug_firms_withheld.htm Drug Firms Withheld Negative Data Study], [[Reuters]], April 23, 2004.

* Jeremy Laurance [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/pharmaceutical-companies-accused-of-manipulating-drug-trials-for-profit-560934.html Pharmaceutical companies accused of manipulating drug trials for profit], ''The Independent'' (UK), April 23, 2004.

* Jeffrey H. Birnbaum [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112201940.html "Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street,"] [[Washington Post]], November 23, 2006. re: [[Rick Santorum]]

* [[Peter Breggin]], M.D. [http://www.breggin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=79 Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Murder], St. Martins Griffin, May 2009, ISBN 978-0312565503

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