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GSK Jan 2026 60.000 call
| Previous close | 0.7500 |
| Open | 0.7100 |
| Bid | 0.5000 |
| Ask | 0.8000 |
| Strike | 60.00 |
| Expiry date | 2026-01-16 |
| Day's range | 0.7000 - 0.7500 |
| Contract range | N/A |
| Volume | |
| Open interest | 30 |
BenzingaGSK's Experimental Asthma Drug Reduces Severe Attacks, Phase 3 Trial Data Shows
Tuesday, GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) released headline results from the phase III clinical trials SWIFT-1 and SWIFT-2, which assessed the efficacy and safety of depemokimab versus placebo in adults and adolescents with severe asthma with type 2 inflammation characterized by blood eosinophil count. Earlier this year, GSK acquired Aiolos Bio Inc., a privately held asthma drug maker, for $1 billion. Both SWIFT-1 and SWIFT-2 met their primary endpoints of a reduction in the annualized rate of clinically sign
ReutersGSK whistleblower claims drugmaker cheated US government over Zantac cancer risk
(Reuters) -GSK has been sued by an independent Connecticut laboratory that accused the drugmaker of defrauding the U.S. government and taxpayers by concealing cancer risks in Zantac, once a blockbuster heartburn drug. In a whistleblower complaint filed on Monday, Valisure said GSK violated the federal False Claims Act by hiding the risks for nearly four decades while Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs covered billions of dollars of prescriptions. The New Haven-based lab said its testing in 2019 revealed that Zantac, also known as ranitidine, could form a cancer-causing carcinogen known as NMDA and was therefore "unfit for human consumption."
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GlaxoSmithKline Pharma India posts higher Q4 adjusted profit on strong sales
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Pharma India reported a 49% rise in fourth-quarter adjusted profit on Friday, as strong demand for its generic medicines offset the impact of the government's ongoing price curbs on its key drugs. Revenue from operations rose 18% to 9.30 billion rupees, led by a 12% growth in its generic medicines portfolio which the company attributed to key focus brands Augmentin, Ceftum and Calpol. Earnings at drugmakers like GlaxoSmithKline Pharma and Abbott India have been pressured as prices of some of their key drugs were capped under the Indian government's essential medicines list (NLEM) since September 2022.
