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Our History

1865

1865 Mahlon Kline joins Smith & Shoemaker - as John K Smith & Co had become. Later the company becomes Mahlon K Smith & Company, which is renamed Smith, Kline & Company in 1875.

1873

1873 Joseph Nathan establishes Joseph Nathan and Company, the foundation for the Glaxo company to be formed later.

1881

Burroughs Wellcome & Company is established in London by American pharmacists Henry Wellcome and Silas Burroughs.

1889

SmithKline and Beecham merge to form SmithKline Beecham.

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