Glaxo Plans Buyback as Fourth-Quarter Profit Meets Estimates, Sales Fall - Bloomberg


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Glaxo Plans Buyback as Fourth-Quarter Profit Meets Estimates, Sales Fall
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Over-the-Counter Glaxo sold 17 over-the-counter brands including digestive helpers Beano and Gaviscon to New York-based Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. in December, and will pay a supplemental divided of 5 pence with the fourth-quarter dividend of 21 ...

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Happy, richer, sober and not a little smug – the rewards of a month on the wagon - Telegraph.co.uk


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Happy, richer, sober and not a little smug – the rewards of a month on the wagon
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It was the last night of 2011, and I had taken to carrying a box of Gaviscon with me on nights out (phone? Check. Keys? Check. Heartburn medicine? Check!), the contents of which I would wash down with glasses of sauvignon blanc.

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Veet® Signs Dancing Pro Cheryl Burke to Smooth Skin Campaign - MarketWatch (press release)

Veet® Signs Dancing Pro Cheryl Burke to Smooth Skin Campaign
MarketWatch (press release)
It has a strong portfolio led by 17 global Powerbrands which are: Finish, Lysol, Dettol, Vanish, Woolite, Calgon, Airwick, Harpic, Bang, Mortein, Veet, Nurofen, Clearasil, Strepsils Gaviscon, Mucinex and French's, and they account for 70% of its net ...

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GSK divests OTC brands, Prestige picks them up - Medical Marketing and Media

GSK divests OTC brands, Prestige picks them up
Medical Marketing and Media
The products primarily spanned the adult analgesic (BC, Goody's, Ecotrin), gastrointestinal (Beano, Gaviscon, Tagamet), ear-wax relief (Debrox) and sleep-aid (Sominex) categories. It was a bittersweet sale for GSK. Prestige's purchase price for the ...

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Prestige officially acquires 15-of-17 GSK legacy brands - Drug Store News

Prestige officially acquires 15-of-17 GSK legacy brands
Drug Store News
Among the brands the company agreed to acquire in December are the BC, Goody's, Stanback and Ecotrin brands of pain relievers; Beano, Gaviscon, Phazyme, Tagamet and Fiber Choice gastrointestinal brands; the Chap-et lip balm; the Debrox earwax removal ...

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Oil and banking giants' results due - The Press Association

Oil and banking giants' results due
The Press Association
The economic malaise is expected to have impacted demand for its over-the-counter drugs such as Panadol painkillers and Gaviscon heartburn remedy. Analysts expect a 1.3% rise in sales in final quarter, down on the 4% growth in the previous three months ...

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DIVIDENT HIKE MAY BE IN PIPELINE AT BP - Express.co.uk

DIVIDENT HIKE MAY BE IN PIPELINE AT BP
Express.co.uk
Drugs giant GlaxoSmith-Kline is set to post profits of £8.4billion tomorrow, despite a poor fourth-quarter as demand for its Panadol pain-killers and Gaviscon heartburn drugs fell. Analysts forecast a 1.3 per cent sales rise in the final quarter, ...

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