Research and Markets : Study the Global Consumer Healthcare Activities of GlaxoSmithKline for Q1 2005.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19709) has announced the addition of Corporate Focus Healthcare: GlaxoSmithKline Q1 2005 to their offering. Problems continue for GlaxoSmithKline. The company delivered a poor set of results for 2004. While this was said to be largely due to competition from generic medicines in the pharmaceutical sector, the company's "promising" new product pipeline is not delivering products quick enough to fill this gap. Acquisitions GlaxoSmithKline has regained the sales and marketing rights to five US prescription-only dermatology dermatology (dûrmətŏl`əjē), branch of medicine concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the skin. products from Elan Pharmaceuticals. The five brands are: Aclovate, Cutivate, Emgel, Oxistat and Temovate and have sales of around $35 million. Elan had licensed the brands from Glaxo Wellcome but decided against extending the agreement as it is withdrawing from dermatology. GlaxoSmithKline says that the brands, although prescription, make an excellent fit with the OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). brands in the Oxy portfolio and with the Abreva cold sore cold sore: see herpes simplex. cream.. Warning in Canada GlaxoSmithKline has warned wholesalers and retailers in Canada that they have to cease supplying prescription drugs to US patients as they are substantially cheaper in Canada. GSK GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc (pharmaceutical company) GSK Glycogen Synthase Kinase GSK Gruppentraining Sozialer Kompetenzen (Germany) GSK Greenland Shark (FAO fish species code) says that its action is because of safety concerns for consumers who could be receiving drugs that are damaged during shipment or the prescription of which is not properly supervised by a doctor. The principal target of GSK's action is Web-based pharmacies. Annual sales of prescription drugs to the US from Canada's Manitoba area are estimated at some GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 300 million. Ten leading US and Canadian healthcare and business organisations started a national advertising campaign in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times that encouraged consumers to look to reverse the ban. The advertisement also encouraged them to sell any GSK stock that they owned and to switch from GSK OTC products to comparable brands from other companies. Challenges in generics The FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. has received applications from companies that are looking to start manufacture of generic versions of the migraine drug Imitrex and herpes drug Valtrex. The patent for Valtrex runs until 2009 while Imitrex lasts until 2008. GlaxoSmithKline still has some breathing space before these drugs are vulnerable to generics. The GlaxoSmithKline newsletter covers the global consumer healthcare activities of GlaxoSmithKline during the first quarter of 2005. Topics covered: - Communications. - Nine-month sales fall. - Acquisitions & Disposals. - Executive changes. - Communications & agency news. - Smoking Cessation smoking cessation Public health Temporary or permanent halting of habitual cigarette smoking; withdrawal therapies–eg, hypnosis, psychotherapy, group counseling, exposing smokers to Pts with terminal lung CA and nicotine chewing gum are often ineffective. . - Oral Care. - Functional foods. - Other brands For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19709 |
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