Strong second quarter shows GSK reforms paying off

24 July 2019

Markets have reacted warmly to GlaxoSmithKline’s (LSE: GSK) second quarter 2019 results statement, lifting the value of shares in the British drugmaker half a percentage point on the London Stock Exchange.

With overall group sales coming in at £7.8 billion ($9.75 billion), the pharmaceuticals business took in £4.3 billion, an increase of 2% from the comparable period of 2018.

GSK managed to beat analysts’ expectations for sales, partly due to demand for its highly successful shingles vaccine, Shingrix (zoster vaccine), and despite the loss of exclusivity for key respiratory product Advair (fluticasone/salmeterol).

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