How curious minds saved a medicine from being left in the lab

Meet Risa: The right diagnosis and treatment brought a new outlook

Delivering potentially transformational medicines through R&D innovation in Oncology

Axel Hoos, SVP, Oncology R&D, explains how GSK is driving innovation in Oncology R&D

Doing our part when disaster hits

We are proud to play our small part - from helping our nonprofit partners across the affected regions in their response efforts, to ensuring patients could continue to access their medicine amid disaster.

It takes a village to save a village

And with 25 million people affected by hurricanes across the nation in just 1 year alone, our partnerships with organizations like Save the Children are critical to helping children when disaster strikes.

Vaccines hold the promise of prevention

Every adult is at risk for infectious diseases, but our chances of warding them off are growing every day.

Our immune system is like a finely tuned orchestra

What happens if antibiotics stop working?

2019 marks our 50 year anniversary...

With COPD being the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., we’re not stopping here. Our scientists are working tirelessly on behalf of patients who struggle to breathe every day, to help them live every breath.

Can you imagine personalized cancer treatments?

Because no two cancers are the same and no two people are the same, our Oncology scientists are working on medicines that harness a patient’s own immune system to destroy tumors.

If we map the genetics of a disease...

By identifying the patterns that cause disease, we hope to transform how patients are treated in the future.

Our consumer health Sensory Labs

We combine that understanding with our science to ease the pain people face daily.

COPD is more than a lung disease

Cancer gets a sting with new discovery

Vaccines of tomorrow

Join our leading scientists as they go behind the science of vaccine technology.

You, me and 23andMe...

Explore how our new collaboration with 23andMe could help unlock the medicines of tomorrow.

ATS recognizes curious minds...

Steve Yancey and Dr. Hector Ortega were recognized by the American Thoracic Society with its highest award - The Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award.

Meet Jennifer: a science researcher...

As a biomedical researcher at a major medical institution, Jennifer’s happiest days are spent reading, learning, and working on discovering something that will help improve people’s health. While her research includes rare diseases, she never imagined that she’d one day put her skills to use on herself, to unlock the strange mystery going on inside her body.

Fighting malaria in the lab and on the ground

A family diagnosis motivates...

How do consumer insights fuel our innovation?

By asking our consumers what matters to them, we can keep innovating and evolving our products. Importantly, this is not just about using our science to improve the products themselves – but also how the product is delivered.

Linking a chapter of GSK history to the fight for freedom

Game-changing discoveries are familiar in GSK’s laboratories, but it’s not every day that one of our eureka moments winds up in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Controlled asthma, to me, means freedom

Patients give a voice to living with asthma in this video from GSK and the CHEST Foundation.

If you can’t breathe, you won’t be able to play the tuba

It may seem obvious, but “if you can’t breathe, you’re not going to able to play the tuba very effectively,” said Brendan Bohnhorst, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

Following the journey of a respiratory medicine

Lupus: the search for a cure continues

What I know about asthma… then and now

A member of the GSK Medical Team, Katherine Smith, shares her story of how she learned about asthma…twice.

Crossing off my bucket list, one breath at a time

Karen Scheffler, Manager, Sales Force Effectiveness, shares her personal journey in the pursuit of better breathing.

Overcoming the challenges of COPD to fulfil a lifelong dream

Joan an 85 year old COPD patient recently achieved her lifelong dream to climb the Great Wall of China. Her daughter Helen tells us Joan’s story.

Making sense of what consumers want

As a Principal Sensory Scientist in our Consumer Sensory Lab, Hyung describes how we develop products that spark the sensory reaction consumers want.

The science of shopping

Breathing life into an idea for a respiratory medicine

I control my asthma, it doesn’t control me

Jamie from our Montrose site tells how he managed his asthma to conquer Mount Kenya

Thank you for calling GSK...

Paul Irving has been a friendly voice to patients for 16 years at our US Patient Response Center. Here, he tells about his passion for helping patients and reveals what it’s like to be at the other end of the line.

Don’t mind me. I’m just making sure I can breathe.

For some, breathing easy sounds simple – it just happens. But for Sarah and for millions of others like her, breathing can be a daily struggle.

Brian Johns goes boldly for people living with HIV

There are over 36 million people living with HIV around the world with an estimated 70% who are not adequately treating the virus.

How curious minds saved a medicine from being left in the lab

Pricing our medicines to help ensure patient access

Helping patients in need

Insurance coverage can be challenging, financial circumstances can change quickly, and sometimes patients need assistance paying for their prescription medications or vaccines.

Setting the record straight...

Sharing our trial results, regardless of whether they reflect positively or negatively on our medicines is the right thing to do.

Fast-tracking our response to pandemics

In the wake of global pandemics such as Ebola and Zika, there is consensus that the world needs to be better prepared.

Hunting for energy savings

You never know what you might find when you hunt for waste.

Creating bricks and benches out of medical waste

Evolving our graduated approach to intellectual property

On target for a new era of drug discovery?

Almost half a century ago, the world entered an apparent golden era of drug discovery. Driven by a rapidly advancing understanding of biological processes in the body and medicinal chemistry, a generation of game-changing new medicines emerged.

Our Science in the Summer program sparks...

It gives kids all over the country a hands-on way to boost their learning and fall in love with the field’s possibilities. Inspiring tomorrow’s scientists today.

Buyer beware: importing drugs comes with big risks

At first blush, importing medicines sounds great – a patient without insurance or facing a high deductible or co-pay may find the prices quite attractive. But importation carries major risks.

How doctors and insurers get information about medicines

How do doctors and insurers in the US get the info they need to make decisions about medicines for patients?

Living with COPD Every Day: Sean’s Story

Getting on target in autoimmune diseases

Inspiring Students through STEM Education Programs

In the next five years, the US will add eight million jobs in STEM fields. Yet more than 20% of all students, and half of all minority students, drop out of school before graduation.

Scientists or detectives? Seeking new clues in COPD

It is now widely accepted that COPD is not a uniform disease, but effects of the disease can impact people differently.

Helping to change the world

FORTUNE Magazine published its 2016 list of companies that are changing the world, and we are honored to be ranked #1.

Global mission, local impact

We often hear of humanitarian work in other parts of the world, but here in the United States there is real need as well. Around 47 million in the US live in poverty.

In Africa, markets matter for a healthy society

Take a deep breath – your lung microbiome will appreciate it

Cell and gene therapy: a new era of medicine

If we can pinpoint a faulty gene and correct it, could we potentially find a way to cure genetic diseases?