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| Company type | Joint venture |
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| Industry | Pharmaceutical industry |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Deborah Waterhouse (CEO) |
| Products | Pharmaceuticals |
| Owners | |
Number of employees | c. 1,100 (2023) |
| Website | viivhealthcare |
ViiV Healthcare (/ˈviːv/ VEEV) is a British multinational pharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of medicines to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS. Its global headquarters is located in London. The company was created as a joint venture by GSK and Pfizer in November 2009, with both companies transferring their HIV assets to the new company.[1] In 2012, Shionogi joined the company. As of December 2023, 76.5% of the company is owned by GSK, 13.5% by Pfizer and 10% by Shionogi.[2] According to The Financial Times, the company's co-ownership structure may change depending on the achievement of certain milestones.[1]
ViiV Healthcare's products have a market share of approximately 32% of the global HIV therapy market, making it the second-largest healthcare company in the sector, after Gilead Sciences.[3]
ViiV Healthcare's global headquarters are in Brentford, Greater London in the United Kingdom, and the company has sites in a number of other countries including the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain and Switzerland.[4]
- ^ a b Jacks, Andrew "GSK and Pfizer to Merge HIV Portfolios Financial Times. 16 April 2010 (subscription required)
- ^ "Shionogi and ViiV Healthcare Announce New Agreement to Commercialise and Develop Integrase Inhibitor Portfolio". viivhealthcare.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "ViiV vows joint venture will help fight HIV". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "ViiV Healthcare Company Website. About Us – Locations" Archived 9 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 13 October 2010