Augmented reality and the changing face of consumer healthcare

Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA): Disrupting the field of vaccinology

Combatting COVID-19: How do we tackle emerging variants?

How are we using science to fight against emerging variants?

40 years and counting: the fight against HIV

How to find a treatment for a disease with no idea what that disease actually is.

Augmented reality and the changing face of consumer healthcare

Read about the exciting partnership between GSK Consumer Healthcare and Birmingham City University around the way we look after ourselves.

Following the science of oxygen to discover solutions for anaemia

Following the science of oxygen to discover solutions for anaemia

Using vaccine science to combat antimicrobial resistance

Looking deeper into lupus

Immuno-Oncology: Integrating innovation into standard of care practice

In today’s remarkable field of Immuno-Oncology, there is still much yet to discover.

Asthma management: it’s time to get personal

Could ‘treatable traits’ help scientists uncover a more personalised approach to asthma patient care?

TB: uniting scientists to tackle one of the world’s biggest killers

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of deaths worldwide.

Making the switch: how we’re improving access to proven medicines

Switching a medicine from prescription OTC places the power of managing everyday health conditions with the patient.

The lung microbiome and the future management of respiratory disease

Revealing the beautiful complexity of the immune system

GSK’s SAM technology could revolutionise vaccines

Jeff Ulmer explains how synthetic Self-Amplifying mRNA (SAM) and ground-breaking partnerships may help us fight more conditions faster and more efficiently than ever before.

Our focus on developing the next generation of antibiotics

Developing new antibiotics is very difficult, both scientifically and financially. But our antibacterial research is focused on developing the next generation of antibiotics and we have an active pipeline of potential new medicines in development.

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

How do you test medicines in the real world?

For decades, randomised clinical trials have been a cornerstone of pharmaceutical science, reassuring patients that their medicines have been thoroughly tested. But there’s a wide world beyond the research clinic doors and the data collected in these highly controlled environments are just the first chapter of a rich story.

The vaccines of tomorrow

Inclusive design: making our differences invisible

Unravelling the mysteries of the human genome with functional genomics

What is functional genomics technology and how can we use it to improve our chances of finding the right targets for potential medicines?

Why collaboration is essential to achieving new breakthroughs in vaccines

Emmanuel Hanon, Senior Vice President R&D at GSK Vaccines shares how one idea combined with the right type of collaboration could change the future of vaccine development.

Tackling tomorrow’s health challenges today

Our Chief Scientist, Rino Rappuoli, explains how science is helping create the vaccines of tomorrow

From eucalyptus toothpaste to a brew for the flu: tailoring products to different tastes

Find out where these ideas for different tastes come from and how they make it onto the shelf.

STEM – inspiring tomorrow’s science and engineering superstars

We need more women in science to create the inclusive technologies of the future

Using the immune system to fight cancer

A recent paper by GSK scientists revealed a potential new class of immunotherapy drugs to treat some cancers.

From bench to bedside: lessons in converting science into impact

Pauline Williams, Head of Global Health R&D, shares a unique perspective on what it takes to research new treatments and deliver them to patients around the world.

How a chance encounter led to a world-first toothpaste

Did you know that NovaMin, one of the key technologies in our toothpaste, is actually a bioactive glass most commonly used to repair bones?

Inside the Open Lab

How does the Tres Cantos Open Lab offer top international scientists and academics the opportunity to pursue their own projects as part of an integrated team?

You, me and 23andMe: discovering new medicines through genetics

How do consumer insights fuel our innovation?

How genomics is driving a new era of drug discovery

We’re in a new era of drug discovery because of a fundamental change in our understanding of human biology.

How are we redefining research in HIV?

Shari Gordon works in the HIV Cure Center in North Carolina, a public-private company with one goal: discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS.

Following the journey of a respiratory medicine

Elaine Jones explains how her passion for helping respiratory patients live every breath motivates her in developing new medicines.

Lupus: the search for a cure continues

Doctors and their patients face an ongoing battle to manage this chronic and sometimes debilitating and life-threatening condition. See how we’re trying to help.

COPD for John just means doing everything at a slower pace

Making the Ellipta® inhaler a reality

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.

The science of shopping

Every day millions of consumers use our products. Different countries have different needs and consumers’ shopping habits vary hugely.

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. Meet Paul, the voice at the end of the line.

When you call us, who’s the voice at the end of the line? Paul tells his story from scientist to sympathetic ear.

You'll outgrow some childhood habits, but vaccination is for life

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

Does lupus really know no boundaries?

There are no boundaries when it comes to the impact of lupus; it can affect any part of the body in any way at any time, often with unpredictable and life-changing results.

Giving a bit back – Christine’s experience of clinical research

For Christine even gentle exercise like jogging and walking her dogs around the park were a struggle. She just could not breathe properly.

The digitalisation lab: bringing the digital age to manufacturing

We are developing world-class manufacturing innovation to help us bring medicines and consumer healthcare products to people.

COPD: Our relentless pursuit for better breathing

Every person with COPD is different, with different needs, different challenges and different goals. See how we're innovating to determine the right treatment for the right patient.

Getting on target in autoimmune diseases

How smart is your inhaler?

Can social media help us hear patients?

Understanding the benefits and risks of medicine from a patient’s point of view is important to the evaluation of our medicines.

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.

Inhaler innovation: more than a simple piece of plastic

At first glance, an inhaler may look like a simple piece of plastic. But inside, a complicated process and an internal ‘engine’ operate seamlessly...

The design behind the device

Andy Dundon leads our R&D Device Engineering team in Ware, UK. His team focuses on ways to improve the design of our drug delivery devices

An 'everyday' world first in clinical trials

Respiratory disease: why we want to make a difference

Vaccine manufacture: it’s complicated

Vaccine manufacture can take anywhere between 6 and 26 months. That’s not to mention the time required to research and develop a new vaccine, which can take up to 30 years.

Beyond manufacturing in Chile and Madagascar

GSK Vaccines sent two vaccine manufacturing teams to South America and Africa to better understand the impact of their daily work.

Living with lupus – a patient perspective

Beth, a lupus patient, provides insights into the day-to-day challenges of living with this chronic condition.

Outgrowing asthma

Why is it that some people, particularly children, grow out of their asthma? That’s a question our scientists are asking as part of our research to better understand the disease.

Targeting the immune system through open innovation

Neuroscience: on the brain

Eggs in manufacturing

Chickens. Where would we be without them? Well for one thing, we wouldn’t have nearly as many influenza vaccines as we need.