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We have a challenging and inspiring 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. In fact, we believe we are the only pharmaceutical
company researching both medicines and vaccines for the
World Health Organization’s three priority diseases
– HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and are very proud to
have developed some of the leading global medicines in these fields.
Headquartered in the UK and with operations based in the US,
we are one of the industry leaders, with an estimated
seven per cent of the world's pharmaceutical market.
But being a leader brings responsibility.
This means that we care about the impact that we
have on the people and places touched by
our mission to improve health around the world.
It also means that we must help developing countries where
debilitating disease affects millions of people and access
to life-changing medicines and vaccines is a problem.
To meet this challenge, we are committed to providing
discounted medicines where they are needed the most.
As a company with a firm foundation in science,
we have a flair for research and a track record of turning
that research into powerful, marketable drugs.
Every hour we spend more than £300,000 (US$562,000)
to find new medicines.
We produce medicines that treat six major disease areas
– asthma, virus control, infections, mental health,
diabetes and digestive conditions. In addition, we are a leader in the
important area of vaccines and are developing new
treatments for cancer.
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