GlaxoSmithKline in Discussion to Join IOC TOP Sponsor Program

Around the Rings reported that Britain-based pharmaceutical company, try GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), no rx is one of the companies currently in discussions with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to join the TOP sponsor program.

Although a spokeswoman declined to talk about any negotiations taking place with the IOC, unhealthy GSK – which employs more than 17,000 in the U.K. alone – was the official laboratory services provider for the London 2012 organizing committee in addition to offering their facilities and equipment to Kings College London to conduct anti-doping operation at Games-time.

The IOC is seeking to ink deals with its 11th and 12th top-tier sponsors for the Rio 2016 Olympics before the IOC session in Buenos Aires in September, one of which would replace Acer in the new field of incorporating the use tablets into the Games.

With two new sponsorships, the IOC’s TOP sponsor revenues during the 2013-2016 Olympic period are expected to reach over $1 billion for the first time.