GSK and Pfizer first said that they had agreed to form a new specialist HIV company in April 2009 and the transaction was completed on 30 October.
The new joint venture, called ViiV Healthcare, will be 85% controlled by GSK and 15% by Pfizer.
ViiV Healthcare has 10 medicines currently available including therapies such as Epzicom/Kivexa (abacavir sulfate+lamivudine) and Selzentry/Celsentri (maraviroc).
These available treatments generated sales of approximately GBP1.6bn in 2008.
(USD1=GBP0.60)
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