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GlaxoSmithKline GSK in the Drug Discovery & Development Pharma 50

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) (minus consumer segment)

Rank: 8

2021 Rank: 7

Brentford, United Kingdom
www.gsk.com

2021 Revenues ($USD) : $46,940,864,000
2021 Revenues (foreign currencies) : £34,114,000,000
2021 R&D spend : $6,571,776,000
2021 Number of Employees : 90,096
Fiscal Year End : 12/31/2021
Leader : CEO Dame Emma Walmsley

In 2021, GlaxoSmithKline achieved a sales growth rate of 5% across segments in 2021. Its pharma segment had 10% growth, while its new and specialty medicines segment grew at 26%. GSK's vaccine segment had a 4% growth rate. Also in 2021, the company won FDA approval for Jemperli for endometrial cancer, Xevudy for COVID-19, and Apretude, a long-acting medicine for HIV prevention. Currently, the company has more than 20 vaccines and more than 40 medicines in its pipeline. —BB

GSK Asia House, Singapore

[GSK Asia House, Singapore. Image courtesy of GSK.]

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