GlaxoSmithKline reported its 2007 global giving to charitable initiatives totalled £282 million, equivalent to almost 4% of pre-tax profits for the company (with the FTSE 100 average around 1%). Donations of albendazole treatments for the company's flagship programme to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (commonly known as elephantiasis) were valued at £14 million, bringing the total number of treatments given since GSK made its commitment 10 years ago to almost 750 million.
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