GlaxoSmithKline is a global research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare company with a mission to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

This mission gives us the purpose to develop innovative medicines and products that help millions of people around the world. 

Headquartered in the UK, we are a global organisation with offices in over 100 countries and major research centres in the UK, USA, Belgium and China.

In Australia we have improved people’s wellbeing by delivering the highest quality medicines, vaccines and over-the-counter healthcare products since 1886.

We achieve this through our commitment to disease prevention, treatment and reinvestment.

Across Australia we provide about 1620 skilled jobs and work with researchers and doctors to discover new ways of treating and preventing disease. In 2010 we invested $56 million a year in local research and development, and made significant contributions to Australia’s $4.2 billion pharmaceutical and medicinal exports.