Insights

Each month CED spotlights strategic partners that help to propel Triangle entrepreneurial companies onto the national stage as successful businesses. One of our January Strategic Partner Spotlights is GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

About GSK

Multi-national company with focus on vaccines, prescription medicines, and consumer health.

Why does GSK support CED as a Strategic Partner?

The most pioneering work – whether in a lab or out in the world – is done through partnership and GSK supports CED’s efforts to fuel and bolster entrepreneurial spirit and collaboration. 

How does GSK help North Carolina entrepreneurs? 

We are proud of our footprint in North Carolina – it’s a place many GSK employees call home and where we have forged important partnerships. The healthcare industry is filled with innovation and core to the pioneering work is collaboration. GSK is proud to embrace the entrepreneurial community in support of our mission to help people live better, longer lives. These collaborations are critical to both industry and scientific breakthroughs. 

What does GSK envision for the future of entrepreneurship? 

Entrepeneurship is the future of healthcare – the old operating models and siloed businesses are a thing of the past. Our future in healthcare is with entrepreneurs – in every sense of the word. Whether within our own company walls or in partnership with cutting edge start ups and savvy thinkers. We need that energy to speed up our efforts to address the most pressing health needs facing the United States and the world. 

Website: www.gsk.com

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Is your business committed to helping build a self-sustaining community of entrepreneurship in the Triangle? Join the network as a strategic partner of CED.