Andrew Witty, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the world's second-largest drug company, was in India this week as part of the dedication of an albandazole manufacturing facility at Nashik to the World Health Organization (WHO)'s global programme to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis.
GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second biggest drug maker, said it was interested in acquisitions in India if the assets came at the right value.
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