About Us

Key Facts

Every SECOND... more than 35 doses of vaccines are distributed by GSK.

Every MINUTE... more than 1,100 prescriptions are written for GSK products.

Every HOUR... GSK spends more than £277,000/$450,000 to find new medicines.

Every DAY... more than 200 million people around the world use a GSK brand toothbrush or toothpaste.

Every YEAR... our factories produce 9 billion TUMS tablets, 6 billion Panadol tablets and 600 million tubes of toothpaste.

GSK has 80 manufacturing sites in 37 countries with around 35,000 employees.

The sites within the GSK manufacturing network :

  • supply products to 160 global markets for GSK
  • produce over 1,400 different brands
  • manufacture almost 4 billion packs per year
  • produce over 28,000 different finished packs per year
  • supply around 6,000 tonnes of bulk active each year
  • manage about 2,000 new product launches globally each year