GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): One of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, with strong roots of over 20 years in Romania, over 1,100 employees, total sales for the group of USD 676 million and continuous local investments of over USD 141 million since 1998, GSK is committed to improving access to innovative medicine for Romanians and being a responsible member of the community through our CSR activities.
Over the last 5 years (2007 – 2011) we have invested USD 1.6 million in social and health projects in critical areas such as palliative care, infant mortality or supporting disadvantaged communities, projects developed along with our partner NGOs such as: HOSPICE Casa Sperantei, Save the Children or United Way. Since November 2011, we are the proud partner of “Salvati Dunarea si Delta” NGO in the campaign “The health of the children from the Danube Delta”, in which the children from this isolated area of the country benefited from a free medical checkup and a health education campaign. As a result of the medical check-up, Salvati Dunarea si Delta, along with GSK, Ministry of Health and Realitatea TV develops, since April 2012, a large campaign to raise funds to help people from Danube Delta.