GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK NYSE: GSK), often abbreviated to GSK, is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's third largest pharmaceutical company measured by revenues (after Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer). It has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including asthma, cancer, virus control, infections, mental health, diabetes and digestive conditions. It also has a large consumer healthcare division which produces and markets oral healthcare products, nutritional drinks and over-the-counter medicines, including Sensodyne, Horlicks and Gaviscon.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$26,753,629 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through Q3 2012

  • Top Recipients

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View all campaign finance data for GlaxoSmithKline Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$68,595,000 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of GlaxoSmithKline

View all lobbying data for GlaxoSmithKline Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 581 dockets; Submitted to 87 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "GlaxoSmithKline" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Federal Spending

19 contracts
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2012 Centers For Disease Control VACCCINE FOR CHILDREN 2012 $148,967,648
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2012 Centers For Disease Control VACCCINE FOR CHILDREN 2012 $95,970,006
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2012 Centers For Disease Control VACCCINE FOR CHILDREN 2012 $59,648,298
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2012 Centers For Disease Control VACCCINE FOR CHILDREN 2012 $40,922,066
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2011 Office Of Assistant Secretary For Management And Budget RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES $38,506,842
contract
 Glaxosmithkline 2000 $15,000,000
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2012 Centers For Disease Control PEDIATRIC FLU VACCINE $13,673,350
contract
 Glaxosmithkline 2002 Centers For Disease Control $11,750,000
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2012 Centers For Disease Control 2012 GSK ADULT VACCINES $8,728,937
contract
 Glaxosmithkline Llc 2012 Centers For Disease Control GSK 2011 VFA $7,464,818
View all grant & loan data for GlaxoSmithKline View all contract data for GlaxoSmithKline Sources: USASpending.gov

Contractor Misconduct

40 Instances
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This information is collected by the Project On Government Oversight from press releases, court documents, news reports and other public records. It is not meant to be an exhaustive account of all instances of federal contractor misconduct.

More information on each instance, including primary source documents, is available on POGO's site by clicking on the instance description. More information on POGO's methodology is available here.

covers through POGO's March 5, 2013 release
Misconduct Type Hired By Incident Year Disposition Penalty
Tax None Underreporting Profits 2006 Settlement $3,400,000,000
Health None 2011 Criminal and Civil Investigations Settlement 2011 Settlement $3,000,000,000
Health None Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation 2007 Settlement $770,000,000
Health None Puerto Rico Drug Manufacturing Facility Settlement 2010 Pleaded Guilty $750,000,000
Antitrust None Relafen Antitrust Litigation 2004 Settlement $175,000,000
Defective Pricing None Zofran and Kytril False Claims Act Violations 2005 Settlement $150,000,000
Antitrust None Augmentin Antitrust Litigation 2004 Settlement $92,000,000
Health None Overcharging Medicaid 2003 Settlement $87,600,000
Antitrust None Relafen Consumer Litigation 2004 Settlement $75,000,000
Antitrust None Average Wholesale Price (AWP) Drug Litigation 2002 Settlement $70,000,000
View all contractor misconduct data for GlaxoSmithKline Sources: Federal Contractor Misconduct Database from POGO

EPA Violations

5 Enforcement Actions
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Figures are based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO website. The ECHO database contains federal and state environmental enforcement actions. Data displayed here includes only those actions that began after 2000 and resulted in fines of over $1 million.

Actions where the company was the sole defendant are listed first. Actions where the company is one of multiple defendants are listed subsequently.

For more information see our EPA methodology page.

covers through EPA's October 19, 2011 release
Case Name Defendant Date Locations Amount
Air Products & Chemical, Inc Et Al Glaxosmithkline (+40 others) 2005 Elkton, Md $24,500,000
3m Company SmithKline Beecham Corporation (+106 others) 2008 Wood Ridge, Nj $18,000,000
Agere Systems, Et Al Smithkline Beecham Corp D/B/A Glaxosmithkline (+138 others) 2007 Elkton, Md $11,300,000
3m Company Et Al. SmithKline Beecham Corporation (+67 others) 2004 Carlstadt, Nj $8,649,902
Abb, Inc. SmithKline Beecham Corporation (+72 others) 2007 Wood Ridge, Nj $1,400,000
View all EPA violations data for GlaxoSmithKline Sources: EPA ECHO Enforcement Data

Advisory Committees

15 people on 17 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "GlaxoSmithKline" that sat on federal advisory committees.

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  • Representation
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 10 people on 12 committees
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 3 people on 3 committees
  • Toggle Department of State 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for GlaxoSmithKline