Glaxo Wellcome

Glaxo Wellcome

Glaxo Wellcome plc was a British multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It merged with SmithKline Beecham in 2000 to form GlaxoSmithKline.

In 1999 Glaxo Wellcome was the world's third-largest pharmaceutical company by revenues (behind Novartis and Merck), with a global market share of around 4 per cent. It was the world's largest maker of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of asthma and HIV/Aids.