GSK beats first-quarter profit, revenue estimates GSK has today beaten expectations for its first-quarter revenue and profit, helped by sales of its blockbuster shingles vaccine Shingrix. Business • 26 Apr
GSK reports Q4 profit, sales beat Wall Street estimates GSK has today beat fourth-quarter profit and sales forecasts helped by sales of its blockbuster shingles vaccine Shingrix. Business • 01 Feb
GSK lifts full year earnings view again GSK eclipsed analyst estimates for third-quarter earnings today, driven by higher sales of its blockbuster shingles vaccine Shingrix. Business • 02 Nov 22
GSK selects Burberry's Brown as its first female CFO Britain's GSK has appointed its first female chief financial officer, Julie Brown, to succeed Iain Mackay, as the drugmaker focuses on its core pharmaceuticals business. Business • 26 Sep 22
GSK, Sanofi, Haleon shares stabilise after Zantac slump Shares in GSK, Sanofi and Haleon began to stabilise today after the companies said that nothing material had changed regarding US litigation focused on heartburn … Business • 12 Aug 22
GSK spins off consumer health business Haleon British drugmaker GSK has spun off its consumer health business in the biggest listing in Europe for more than a decade. Business • 18 Jul 22
GSK tops quarterly results expectations GSK has today beaten analyst expectations for its first-quarter results and stood by its forecasts for 2022 on the back of robust uptake of its … Business • 27 Apr 22
GSK cuts ties with Russia government Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has cut ties with the Russian government after sanctions on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, according to the drugmaker's website, as … Business • 06 Apr 22
Unilever warns of high inflation, rules out big M&A Unilever has warned of a big hit to profit margins this year as it struggles to pass on higher costs to consumers, and ruled out … Business • 10 Feb 22
GSK's Covid-related sales hit £1.4 billion GSK racked up £1.4 billion in Covid-related sales in 2021, largely for antibody drug sotrovimab, as it beat quarterly forecasts in its first earnings report … Business • 09 Feb 22
Govt agrees supply deal with GSK for Covid treatment The Irish Government has agreed a supply deal with pharmaceutical company GSK, which will result in patients here being able to access the drugmaker's new … Business • 27 Jan 22
Unilever won't raise rejected bid for GSK consumer arm Unilever has effectively abandoned its plans to buy GlaxoSmithKline's consumer healthcare business, saying that it would not raise its £50 billion offer that GSK previously … Business • 20 Jan 22
GSK says tests show antibody drug works against Omicron GlaxoSmithKline has said that a lab analysis of the antibody-based Covid-19 therapy it is developing with US partner Vir has shown the drug is effective … Business • 02 Dec 21
GSK's drugs arm to get £8 billion booster from spin-off GSK has set out its plans to turn its consumer healthcare arm into a separately listed company, in a move that will deliver an £8 … Business • 24 Jun 21
Thermo Fisher buys GsK's Cork facility for €90m Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to buy a manufacturing site in Cork from GlaxosmithKline for €90m in a deal which will see the company's 400 … Business • 16 May 19
GSK expects shingles drug sales to exceed $1.3 billion GlaxoSmithKline has forecast 2019 sales of its fast-growing shingles vaccine Shingrix to be "significantly" more than £1 billion today as the drugmaker outpaced first quarter … Business • 01 May 19
165 jobs to go as GSK set to close Sligo site GSK is to close its Sligo manufacturing plant with the loss of 165 jobs by 2021. Business • 16 Aug 18
GSK opens €8m biomass energy plant at Dungarvan site Healthcare company GSK has today opened its €8m investment project at its manufacturing site in Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Business • 23 Jun 17
GlaxoSmithKline to invest €328m in UK sites Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has revealed plans to invest £275m (€328m) into three of its British manufacturing sites, shrugging off Brexit worries. Business • 27 Jul 16
GSK to invest €12m in Cork manufacturing plant Pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced a new €12m investment at its manufacturing plant outside Cork city in Currabinny. Business • 26 Feb 16
Jobs boost for Sligo and Dublin Two companies - Numerix in Dublin and GSK in Sligo - have announced the creation of jobs. Business • 15 Jul 15
94 jobs to go at GSK facility near Cork airport 94 jobs are to go in Cork with the closure of GSK's financial services operation, which is located in the city. Business • 18 Feb 13
GSK sells Australian drugs to Aspen GlaxoSmithKline advanced its clear-out of non-core drugs today with a deal to sell 25 older brands marketed in Australia to South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare for … Business • 15 Aug 12
GlaxoSmithKline profits fall 13% in first quarter British drugsmaker GlaxoSmithKline said today that its net profits dropped 13% to £1.325 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Business • 25 Apr 12