Patients and consumers
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Innovation
How do consumer insights fuel our innovation?
By asking our consumers what matters to them, we can keep innovating and evolving our products. Importantly, this is not just about using our science to improve the products themselves – but also how the product is delivered.
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Access to healthcare
Pricing our medicines to help ensure patient access
We know there is significant frustration in the US regarding the cost of healthcare – including prescription medicines. We take this very seriously, as evidenced by our pricing track record.
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Access to healthcare
Helping patients in need
Insurance coverage can be challenging, financial circumstances can change quickly, and sometimes patients need assistance paying for their prescription medications or vaccines.
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Patients & consumers
Making sense of what consumers want
As a Principal Sensory Scientist in our Consumer Sensory Lab, Hyung describes how we develop products that spark the sensory reaction consumers want.
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Patients & consumers
Living with COPD Every Day: Sean’s Story
Pinch your nose and try breathing through a straw? Not so easy, right?
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Patients & consumers
Inspiring Students through STEM Education Programs
In the next five years, the US will add eight million jobs in STEM fields. Yet more than 20% of all students, and half of all minority students, drop out of school before graduation.
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Patients & consumers
Meet Jennifer: a science researcher...
As a biomedical researcher at a major medical institution, Jennifer’s happiest days are spent reading, learning, and working on discovering something that will help improve people’s health. While her research includes rare diseases, she never imagined that she’d one day put her skills to use on herself, to unlock the strange mystery going on inside her body.
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Our people
Thank you for calling GSK...
Paul Irving has been a friendly voice to patients for 16 years at our US Patient Response Center. Here, he tells about his passion for helping patients and reveals what it’s like to be at the other end of the line.
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How we do business
Buyer beware: importing drugs comes with big risks
At first blush, importing medicines sounds great – a patient without insurance or facing a high deductible or co-pay may find the prices quite attractive. But importation carries major risks.
