12 June 2012 - AmeriCares, a charitable global health and disaster relief organisation that delivers medicines and medical supplies, announced on Monday that it has recognised GlaxoSmithKline with its annual Power of Partnership Award.

The company was honoured for its outstanding commitment to aiding disaster survivors and increasing access to health care around the world.

GlaxoSmithKline supports AmeriCares with donated medicines, including its 'Produce to Give' programme that allows the aid organisation to select USD4m worth of the most critically needed health care products each year for people in need in the developing world.