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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 billion windfall and other financial benefits for its underperforming drugs business.
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 employees transfer to its new owners.
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 forecasts.
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 £172m sterling.
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

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