GlaxoSmithKline plc engages in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Healthcare. The Pharmaceutical segment offers prescription pharmaceuticals and vaccines. Its primary pharmaceutical products include medicines in nine therapeutic areas, including central nervous system, respiratory, anti-virals, anti-bacterials, vaccines, oncology and emesis, metabolic, cardiovascular, and urogenital. The Consumer Healthcare segment provides various over-the-counter medicines, oral care, and nutritional healthcare products.
One of the top five pharmaceutical firms in the world, GSK’s top sellers include asthma medication Advair. Other bestsellers include anti-depressants Paxil and Wellbutrin, migraine therapy Imitrex, antibiotic Augmentin, and erectile dysfunction drug Lavitra. The company’s consumer products include Tums for sour stomachs and cold sore fighter Abreva. For smokers GSK offers several cessation products like Commit, NicoDerm, and Nicorette.
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U.S. regulators ordered GlaxoSmithKline Plc to pull radio and print advertisements for its Flonase prescription nasal allergy spray that the Food and Drug Administration deemed misleading
The US government has ordered a drug giant to quit running a series of radio and newspaper ads that call the allergy spray Flonase a cost-effective alternative to pricey allergy pills.
The ad campaign urged allergy sufferers to ask their doctor about Flonase, a nasal spray, instead of antihistamine pills like Allegra and Zyrtec. Flonase maker GlaxoSmithKline began the ads shortly after insurance companies raised prices for the pills this spring