India's GlaxoSmithKline Pharma reports profit rise on strong demand
May 13 (Reuters) - India's GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GLAX.NS), opens new tab reported a higher fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, led by steady demand for its generic drugs.
The Indian unit of British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L), opens new tab reported consolidated profit of 2.63 billion rupees ($30.86 million) in the quarter ended March 31, up 35% year-on-year.
Its revenue from operations climbed about 5% to 9.74 billion rupees.
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KEY CONTEXT
GlaxoSmithKline Pharma has been benefitting from rising market share for its antibiotic Augmentin and respiratory drugs Nucala and Trelegy. Strong demand for its shingles vaccine, Shingrix, has also boosted earnings, the company said.
These have also helped it mitigate the impact of pricing curbs on some of its drugs that have been on the Indian government's essential medicines list since September 2022.
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** The ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT
JANUARY TO MARCH STOCK PERFORMANCE
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-- $1 = 85.2150 Indian rupees
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