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GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK) publishes 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report

GlaxoSmithKline (LON:GSK) publishes 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report

Published 03-20-08

Issued by GSK

Summary

The company has published its 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report online, where the full CR report, or individual Report sections, and the CR Review are available for download

Report Highlights

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has published its 2007 Corporate Responsibility Report on http://www.gsk.com/responsibility where the full CR report, or individual Report sections, and the CR Review are available for download.

The Report details:

GSK’s contribution to global health and access to medicines

' GSK has over 150 prescription medicines and vaccines in clinical development
' £3,327 million was invested in R&D in 2007
' GSK supplied 1.1 billion vaccine doses and 78 per cent of these were shipped for use in developing countries
' The fifth price reduction for anti-retrovirals offered on a not-for-profit basis to Least Developed Countries and sub-Saharan Africa was announced in February 2008
' GSK’s community investment was valued at £282 million, including donations of life-saving antibiotics and other medicines to support disaster and humanitarian relief in 107 countries

Transparency

' At the end of 2007, 3,089 clinical trial summaries were published on GSK’s Clinical Trial Register
' GSK became the first pharmaceutical company to publish information on funding of European and International patient groups

GSK’s new climate change strategy

' Committed to new targets to reduce their climate change impact by 20 per cent by 2010 and by 45 per cent by 2015

Feedback on this report can be left via GSK’s CorporateRegister.com listing here.

About GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline - one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies - is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK employs over 100,000 people in 114 countries across the world.

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GSK

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK has a comprehensive global programme of community partnerships focused on improving health and education. In the UK, GSK supports over 70 charitable organizations in health, science education, the arts and the environment.

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