GSK to supply pneumonia vaccine to refugees at lowest price

19 September 2016

UK pharma major GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK) has announced it will supply its pneumococcal vaccine, Synflorix, to refugees at its lowest price.

The details of the offer will be set out at the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week as part of the UN's Global Goals to improve health, prosperity and sustainable development by 2030.

The company said it will provide the medicine at the discounted price of $3.05 per dose to charities who fund and deliver immunization programs to refugee children and displaced people.

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