GlaxoSmithKline founded in 1715 as Plough Court Pharmacy in London by a Quaker Silvanus Bevan and it was beginning of GlaxoSmithKline.
In 1830s, John K. Smith and his brother George formed what became the leading drug wholesaling company in the United States in Philadelphia. Mahlon Kline joined Smith in 1865.
The foundation of Glaxo emerged in New Zealand under the direction of Joseph Nathan. He founded Joseph Nathan & Co, a business trading in a range of goods as diverse as whale teeth and patent medicine.
The name Glaxo was created in 1906 as a trademark for the powdered milk that was exported from New Zealand to England.
It was not until 1924 that Glaxo produced its first pharmaceutical product, the vitamin D preparation Ostelin.
Glaxo Wellcome was formed in 1995 combination of Glaxo Holdings and Wellcome PLC.
Burroughs Wellcome Company was formed in London in 1880.
In 1842, Thomas Beecham launched the Beecham Pills laxative business in England. He invented a laxative pills.
Beecham then merged with SmithKline Beckman and formed SmithKline Beecham in 1989.
GlaxoSmithKline was formed when Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham merged in January 2000. The $74 billion merger dropping both the Beecham and Wellcome names.
History of GlaxoSmithKline
