Andre Vivan da Silva – Country Manager, GSK Brazil
After a successful international career, Andre Vivan da Silva recently returned to his native Brazil to become GSK’s country manager. He explains the importance of vaccination, in Brazil, and HIV…
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leader in creating therapeutic solutions that help improve the quality of life. In Brazil since 1908, it operates in the areas of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumption and global production and supply, and research and development in the pharmaceutical and biological.
In 2009, GSK had sales total 28.4 billion pounds, including medicines, vaccines and consumer products to health care. Distributing its products in 130 countries, GlaxoSmithKline has a staff of 100,000 people worldwide.
The company’s world headquarters is located in the United Kingdom and its operational center in the United States. The regional headquarters is located in Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
anti-infective, central nervous system, respiratory and gastrointestinal / metabolic
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