Press releases
Press releases dating back to 2009 are available below. Search them by keyword or browse by year/business category. Press releases for our local operating companies can be viewed on our market websites.
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Regulatory Update - GSK receives positive CHMP opinions for Tafinlar® (dabrafenib) and Tyverb® (lapatinib)
GSK announces that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) is recommending marketing authorisation for two cancer drugs.
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GSK and Save the Children launch $1 million award to discover new healthcare innovations for reducing child deaths
The Healthcare Innovation Award is the first joint initiative announced following the launch of an ambitious new partnership between GSK and Save the Children
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GlaxoSmithKline’s drisapersen (previously GSK2402968/PRO051) to receive Food and Drug Administration Breakthrough Therapy designation
Breakthrough Therapy designation is one of several programmes created by the FDA to expedite the development and review of drugs for serious or life-threatening conditions.
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GSK announces data from five Phase III studies of albiglutide, an investigational once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes
Data from five long-term Phase III studies comparing albiglutide to placebo and a range of active comparators were presented at the American Diabetes Association Meeting (ADA) i...
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GSK receives offer for its thrombosis brands and related manufacturing site
GSK has today received an offer for its thrombosis brands and Notre-Dame de Bondeville (NDB) site from Aspen Global Incorporated and Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited.
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GSK statement regarding 2010 Nature Medicine study
GSK and Nature Medicine recently became aware of allegations of misrepresentation of data in a research paper written by scientists at GSK's China research centre and published ...
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GSK statement in response to FDA Advisory Committee’s vote on availability of Avandia (rosiglitazone)
GSK confirmed today that a joint advisory committee to the FDA voted to continue to make Avandia (rosiglitazone) available to appropriate patients with the majority of the membe...
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GSK announces Phase III data for TYKERB/TYVERB® (lapatinib) in combination with chemotherapy for advanced HER2-positive gastric cancer
GSK today announced that its study of TYKERB/TYVERB® (lapatinib) in combination with chemotherapy in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer did not meet the primary...
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GSK announces late-stage clinical data for VOTRIENT® (pazopanib) following chemotherapy in women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer
GSK today announced that its Phase III clinical trial of VOTRIENT (pazopanib) met the primary objective of a statistically significant improvement in the time to disease progres...
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GSK strengthens vaccines business with acquisition of Okairos
GSK today announced that it has acquired Okairos AG (Okairos), a specialist developer of vaccine platform technologies for €250 million (approximately £215 million/$325 million)...
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GSK and Genmab announce positive top-line results from pivotal trial of ARZERRA® (ofatumumab) combined with chlorambucil in previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
GSK and Genmab announce that their Phase III study of ARZERRA® (ofatumumab) in combination with chlorambucil versus chlorambucil alone in patients with previously untreated chro...
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Two new GSK oral oncology treatments, BRAF-inhibitor Tafinlar® (dabrafenib) capsules and the first MEK-inhibitor Mekinist™ (trametinib) tablets, approved by FDA as single-agent therapies
GSK announced today that the FDA has approved both TAFINLAR® (dabrafenib) and MEKINIST™ (trametinib).
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Grant to Help Coordinate Campaign to Train One Million Community Health Workers in sub-Saharan Africa
In an effort to broadly expand the reach of health care services in sub-Saharan Africa, GSK will contribute $750,000 to the One Million Community Health Workers Campaign.
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GlaxoSmithKline awarded up to $200 million by U.S. government to develop new antibiotics
GSK and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), have agreed to a first of its kind collaboration that will support the development of several antibio...
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BREO™ ELLIPTA™ gains US approval for the treatment of COPD
GSK and Theravance today announced that the FDA has approved BREO™ ELLIPTA™ as an inhaled long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chr...
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GSK enters new commitment with the GAVI Alliance to supply cervical cancer vaccine for girls in the world’s poorest countries
GSK today announced a new commitment to the GAVI Alliance to supply its cervical cancer vaccine to help protect girls in the world's poorest countries.
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GSK and Save the Children form unique partnership to save the lives of one million children
An ambitious new partnership to save the lives of a million of the poorest children in the world has been launched by GSK and Save the Children.
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GSK gives update on plans to share detailed clinical trial data as part of its commitment to transparency
GSK today announced progress on its commitment to share more detailed data from its clinical trials.
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Funding boost for GSK’s open innovation research into diseases affecting the developing world
GSK today announced a funding injection of up to £5m from the Wellcome Trust to support its open approach to discovering and developing new treatments for diseases of the develo...
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Regulatory update: Trametinib US PDUFA date extended to 3 September 2013
GSK today announced that the US Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for trametinib, its MEK inhibitor, has been extended by 3 months to 3 September 2013.
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