Editing GSK plc (section)

===2000: Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham merger===
Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham announced their intention to merge in January 2000. The merger was completed on 27 December that year, forming GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).<ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 2000 |title=The new alchemy – The drug industry's flurry of mergers is based on a big gamble |newspaper=The Economist |url=http://www.economist.com/node/275655 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725231652/https://www.economist.com/business/2000/01/20/the-new-alchemy |archive-date=25 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Partners resolve their differences and unite at the second attempt |journal=Nature |date=May 2000 |volume=405 |issue=6783 |doi=10.1038/35012210 |pmid=10821289 |page=258 |vauthors=Gershon D |s2cid=23140509 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The company's global headquarters were at GSK House, [[Brentford]], London, officially opened in 2002, by then-Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]. The building was erected at a cost of £300{{nbsp}}million and {{as of|2002|lc=yes}} was home to 3,000 administrative staff.<ref name=tele15702>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2767982/Hall-that-glitters-isnt-shareholder-gold.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2767982/Hall-that-glitters-isnt-shareholder-gold.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Hall that glitters isn't shareholder gold |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=15 July 2002}}{{cbignore}}</ref>