Form 6-K GSK plc For: Apr 29
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
month of April 2026
Commission
File Number 001-15170
GSK plc
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
79 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1DG
(Address
of principal executive office)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F . . . .X. . . . Form 40-F . . . . . . . .
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GSK delivers strong Q1 performance and start to 2026
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Strong Specialty Medicines performance drives sales and core
operating profit growth
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Total
Q1 sales £7.6 billion +2% AER; +5% CER
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Specialty
Medicines sales £3.2 billion (+14%); Respiratory, Immunology
& Inflammation £0.9 billion (+16%); Oncology £0.5
billion (+28%); HIV sales £1.8 billion (+10%)
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Vaccines
sales £2.1 billion (+4%); Shingrix £1.0 billion (+20%);
Meningitis vaccines £0.3 billion (-3%); and Arexvy £0.1 billion
(-18%)
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General
Medicines sales £2.3 billion (-6%); Trelegy £0.6 billion
(stable)
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Total
operating profit +9% and Total EPS +15% driven by Core operating
profit growth and higher other income from disposals, partly offset
by higher CCL charges
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Core
operating profit +10% and Core EPS +9% reflecting higher sales,
favourable product and regional mix, SG&A benefits and higher
royalty income, partly offset by increased investment in R&D
and new asset launches.
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Cash
generated from operations of £1.4 billion with free cash flow
of £0.8 billion
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(Financial Performance – Q1 2026 results unless otherwise
stated, growth % and commentary at CER as defined on page 42. In Q1
2026, the adverse currency impact on AER versus CER primarily
reflected the strengthening of Sterling against the USD. See page 8
for further details.)
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Q1
2026
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£m
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AER
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% CER
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Turnover
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7,629
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2
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5
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Total
operating profit
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2,293
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9
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Total
operating margin %
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30.1%
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0.6ppts
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1.3ppts
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Total
EPS
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43.2p
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9
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15
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Core
operating profit
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2,650
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10
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Core
operating margin %
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34.7%
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1.0ppts
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1.8ppts
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Core
EPS
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46.5p
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4
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9
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Cash
generated from operations
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1,350
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4
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Pipeline progress and R&D acceleration:
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New
product approvals for: Exdensur (EU & China for severe
asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype and nasal polyps);
Nucala COPD (EU);
Blenrep (China for multiple
myeloma)
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Bepirovirsen,
potential functional cure for chronic hepatitis B, regulatory
filings accepted in US, EU, China and Japan. Data to be presented
at EASL in Q2
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Efimosfermin
(FGF21) granted US Breakthrough and EU PRIME designations for liver
disease MASH
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Phase I
data for Mo-Rez ADC in difficult-to-treat endometrial and ovarian
cancer supports initiation of 5 phase III trials in
2026
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Further
pivotal readouts expected in 2026: camlipixant (chronic cough);
Jemperli (rectal cancer);
3x yearly (Q4M) HIV PrEP; and Exdensur for EGPA
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Pipeline
acquisitions completed for new high-potential best-in-class assets:
ozureprubart for food allergies; and HS235, pulmonary
hypertension
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Continued commitment to shareholder returns
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Q1 2026
dividend of 17p declared; 70p expected for full year
2026
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£1.7
billion executed to date as part of the £2 billion share
buyback programme announced at FY 2024
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2026 guidance and 2031 sales outlook reaffirmed
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Expect
2026 turnover growth of between 3% to 5%; Core operating profit
growth of between 7% to 9%; Core EPS growth of between 7% to
9%
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2031
sales outlook of more than £40 billion
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Guidance all at CER
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Luke Miels, Chief Executive Officer, GSK:
“GSK
has made a strong start to 2026, with good performance from our key
growth drivers. Alongside operational delivery, we are focused on
execution and accelerating R&D. This is visible in filings we
have achieved for bepirovirsen, our potential functional cure for
hepatitis B; updated phase III plans for our oncology ADCs; and
completed acquisitions for new pipeline assets: ozureprubart for
food allergies, and HS235 for pulmonary
hypertension.”
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The Total results are presented in summary above and on page 7 and
Core results reconciliations are presented on pages 17-18. Core
results are a non-IFRS measure that may be considered in addition
to, but not as a substitute for, or superior to, information
presented in accordance with IFRS. The following terms are defined
on pages 42-43: Core results, AER% growth, CER% growth and other
non-IFRS measures. GSK provides guidance on a Core results basis
only for the reasons set out on page 15. All expectations, guidance
and outlooks regarding future performance and dividend payments
should be read together with ‘Guidance and outlooks,
assumptions and cautionary statements’ on pages 44-45.
Abbreviations are defined on page 48.
2026 Guidance
GSK
affirms its full-year 2026 guidance at constant exchange rates
(CER).
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Turnover is expected to
increase between 3 to 5 per cent
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Core operating profit is
expected to increase between 7 to 9 per cent
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Core earnings per share is
expected to increase between 7 to 9 per cent
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This
guidance is supported by the following turnover expectations for
full-year 2026 at CER
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Specialty Medicines
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expected
increase of a low double-digit per
cent in turnover
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Vaccines
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expected
decline of a low single-digit per
cent to stable in turnover
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General Medicines
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expected
decline of a low single-digit per
cent to stable in turnover
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Core
operating profit is expected to grow between 7 to 9 per cent at
CER. GSK expects to deliver leverage at a gross margin level due to
improved product mix from Specialty Medicines growth and continued
operational efficiencies. In addition, GSK anticipates further
leverage in Operating profit as we continue with ongoing
productivity initiatives and take a returns-based approach to
SG&A investments, with SG&A expected to grow at a low
single-digit percentage. Royalty income continues to be expected to
be at £800-850 million. R&D is expected to grow ahead of
sales as we continue to invest in the pipeline while driving
operational efficiencies.
Core
earnings per share is also expected to increase between 7 to 9 per
cent at CER, in line with Core operating profit growth, reflecting
higher interest charges and the tax rate which is expected to rise
to around 17.5%, offset by the expected benefit from the share
buyback programme. Expectations for non-controlling interests
remain unchanged relative to 2025.
Agreement with US Government to lower the cost of prescription
medicines for American patients
As
previously announced, on 19 December 2025, GSK entered into an
agreement with the US Administration to lower the cost of
prescription medicines for American patients, which, once fully
implemented, would exclude both GSK and ViiV Healthcare from
Section 232 tariffs for three years.
On 2
April 2026, President Trump issued a Section 232 proclamation
imposing a 100% tariff on patented pharmaceuticals and associated
pharmaceutical ingredients beginning on 31 July 2026. On 9 April
2026, GSK, ViiV Healthcare, and the US Government entered into a
definitive agreement reflecting Section 232 tariff relief through
20 January 2029 (subject to final implementation, including through
participation in the US Government’s Generous Model
programme). Our full year guidance is inclusive of the expected
impact of these agreements.
Dividend policy
The
Dividend policy and the expected pay-out ratio remain unchanged.
Consistent with this, GSK has declared a dividend for Q1 2026 of
17p per share. GSK's future dividend policy and guidance regarding
the expected dividend pay-out in 2026 are provided on page
29.
GSK
commenced a £2 billion share buyback programme in Q1 2025, to
be implemented over the period to the end of Q2 2026.
Exchange rates
If
exchange rates were to hold at the closing rates on 22 April 2026
($1.35/£1, €1.15/£1 and Yen 215/£1) for the
rest of 2026, the estimated impact on 2026 Sterling turnover growth
for GSK would be -2% and if exchange gains or losses were
recognised at the same level as in 2025, the estimated impact on
2026 Sterling Core Operating Profit growth for GSK would be
-4%.
Results presentation
A
conference call and webcast for investors and analysts of the
quarterly results will be hosted by Luke Miels, CEO, at 12 noon BST
(US EST at 07.00 am) on 29 April 2026. Presentation materials
will be published on www.gsk.com prior to the webcast and a
transcript of the webcast will be published
subsequently.
Notwithstanding
the inclusion of weblinks, information available on the
company’s website, or from non GSK sources, is not
incorporated by reference into this Results
Announcement.
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Performance: turnover
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Turnover
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Q1 2026
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£m
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Growth
AER%
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Growth
CER%
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HIV
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1,824
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6
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10
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Respiratory,
Immunology & Inflammation
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890
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11
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16
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Oncology
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512
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23
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28
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Specialty Medicines
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3,226
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10
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14
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Shingles
(Shingrix)
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1,026
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18
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20
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Meningitis
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335
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(4)
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(3)
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RSV
(Arexvy)
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65
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(17)
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(18)
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Influenza
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10
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>100
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>100
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Other
Paediatric & Adult Vaccines(1)
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713
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(11)
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(9)
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Vaccines
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2,149
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3
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4
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Respiratory
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1,594
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(7)
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(4)
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Other
General Medicines
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660
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(15)
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(12)
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General Medicines
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2,254
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(9)
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(6)
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Total
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7,629
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5
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By Region:
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US
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3,737
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6
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Europe
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2,083
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19
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14
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International
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1,809
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(10)
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(6)
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Total
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7,629
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2
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5
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Financial Performance – Q1 2026 results unless otherwise
stated, growth % and commentary at CER. In Q1 2026, the adverse
currency impact on AER versus CER primarily reflected the
strengthening of Sterling against the USD. See page 8 for further
details.
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For product list - see page 49
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Q1 2026
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Key
Drivers
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£m
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AER%
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CER%
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Specialty Medicines Total
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3,226
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10
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14
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Continued growth across disease areas, with strong performances in
HIV, Respiratory, Immunology & Inflammation, and
Oncology.
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HIV
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1,824
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6
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10
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Increase in patient
demand for Dovato,
Cabenuva and Apretude more than offset mature
portfolio declines; favourable pricing due to US channel mix offset
regional pricing pressures. LAIs contributed 73% of HIV growth. US
sales grew 15% with LAIs contributing 34% of total US HIV
sales.
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Dovato
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666
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17
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20
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Strong
demand across all regions.
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Cabenuva
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368
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25
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31
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Cabenuva contributed more than 50% of
total HIV growth with strong demand across all
regions.
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Apretude
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120
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35
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44
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Strong
demand in an increasingly competitive US long-acting PrEP market.
Apretude contributed more
than 20% of total HIV growth in the quarter.
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Respiratory,
Immunology & Inflammation
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890
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11
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16
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Growth driven by Nucala and Exdensur in respiratory and Benlysta in immunology.
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Nucala
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484
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9
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12
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Higher
patient demand across all regions. Strong US double digit volume
growth, enhanced by COPD, was partly offset by ongoing pricing
headwinds from competitive pressures and channel mix
impacts.
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Benlysta
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384
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7
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13
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Strong
volume growth with bio-penetration rates having increased across
many markets.
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Exdensur
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11
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Early
commercial introductions with new patient starts in the US and
channel launch inventories in Japan and Germany.
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(1) With effect from Q1 2026, the product group "Established
Vaccines" has been renamed to "Other Paediatric & Adult
Vaccines"
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Q1 2026
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Key
Drivers
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£m
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AER%
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CER%
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Oncology
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512
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23
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28
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Increasing patient
demand for Jemperli,
Ojjaara/Omjjara and
Blenrep, partially offset
by a decrease in Zejula.
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Jemperli
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232
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33
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40
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US and
Europe approvals in prior years expanded the indication to all
adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial
cancer. High patient uptake across the regions, with strong growth
in the US.
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Ojjaara/Omjjara
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144
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29
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34
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Higher
patient uptake across the regions and from continued commercial
launches across Europe and International markets. US volume growth
was partly offset by continuing pricing pressures.
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Zejula
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114
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(13)
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(11)
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Significant US
volume reduction due to new prior authorisation requirements
stemming from June 2025 FDA labelling updates restricting use,
partly offset by pricing favourability from channel mix and returns
adjustments. Europe declined due to increased
competition.
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Blenrep
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23
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–
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–
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US
volume driven by patient uptake in both community and academic
settings. Sales outside the US driven by launches across the Europe
and International regions.
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Q1 2026
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Key
Drivers
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£m
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AER%
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CER%
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Vaccines Total
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2,149
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3
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4
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Sales growth due to strong
demand in Europe for Shingrix, partly offset by lower sales
of Other Paediatric & Adult Vaccines.
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Shingrix
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1,026
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18
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20
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Record
quarterly sales, driven by significant increased demand in Europe
and favourable channel inventory movement including the launch of a
pre-filled syringe presentation in the US, partly offset by lower
sales in International.
The
cumulative immunisation rate in the US reached 45%, up 4ppts
compared to 12 months earlier(1). The overwhelming
majority of ex-US Shingrix
opportunity is concentrated in 10 markets where the average
immunisation rate is around 11%, with significantly higher uptake
in funded cohorts. Public funding was in place for 29 of the 61
countries where Shingrix is
launched.
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Meningitis
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335
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(4)
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(3)
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Timing
of deliveries in International for Menveo, partly offset by growth in
Bexsero in Europe primarily
driven by the timing of UK NIP sales, and post launch uptake of
Penmenvy.
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Arexvy
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65
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(17)
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(18)
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Low out
of season uptake; US sales declined due to slower market demand,
partly offset by growth in Europe.
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Other
Paediatric & Adult Vaccines
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713
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(11)
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(9)
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Sales
decreased as a result of competitive pressure for Synflorix primarily in Emerging Markets
and lower sales for Hepatitis, Boostrix and Infanrix/Pediarix vaccines in the US and
International. This was partly offset by a bulk sale of AS03
adjuvant.
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(1) Based on data from IQVIA up until the end of Q4
2025
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Q1 2026
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Key
Drivers
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£m
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AER%
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CER%
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General Medicines Total
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2,254
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(9)
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(6)
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Decreases in
other respiratory and Other General Medicine products.
Trelegy
performance
broadly stable.
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Respiratory
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1,594
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(7)
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(4)
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Decreases in other
respiratory products due to generic erosion and competitive
pressures, with pricing adjustments positively impacting
Flovent and adversely
impacting Relvar/Breo.
Broadly stable performance in Trelegy.
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Trelegy |
646
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(4)
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US
declined as phasing of sales volumes were adversely impacted by
Medicare benefit design changes and pricing unfavourability from
channel mix pressures and adjustments. Europe and International
strong volume growth was driven by patient demand, SITT class
growth and increased market share.
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Other
General Medicines
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660
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(15)
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(12)
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Decreases from
continued competitive pressures and generic competition across the
portfolio, a reduction in contract manufacturing sales and phasing
impacts.
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By Region
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Q1 2026
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Key
Drivers
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£m
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AER%
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CER%
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US
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3,737
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–
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6
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Specialty
Medicines: +16%
Growth
driven largely by patient demand in HIV, Oncology, Benlysta and Nucala.
Vaccines:
-2%
Decrease driven by
lower demand for Arexvy,
Boostrix and Infanrix/Pediarix and lower market
share for Hepatitis vaccines, partly offset by Shingrix growth related to favourable
channel inventory movements.
General
Medicines: -6%
Trelegy declines from sales volume
decreases and unfavourable pricing impacts. Decreases continued in
other products across the other respiratory and Other General
Medicine portfolios from ongoing competitive and pricing
pressures.
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Europe
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2,083
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19
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14
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Specialty
Medicines: +8%
Growth
driven by Oncology, Nucala,
Benlysta and
HIV.
Vaccines:
+33%
Growth
driven by Shingrix strong
uptake, expanded public funding and private market demand and
Arexvy following
recommendation and reimbursement in Germany and tender deliveries
in Spain.
General
Medicines: -2%
Growth
in Trelegy and Anoro more than offset by decreases in
other respiratory products.
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International
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1,809
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(10)
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(6)
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Specialty
Medicines: +16%
Growth
driven by Oncology, Nucala
and Benlysta.
Vaccines:
-17%
Decrease driven by
channel inventory utilisation of Shingrix by our co-promotion partner in
China and competitive pressure for Synflorix.
General
Medicines: -9%
Growth
in Trelegy more than offset
by decreases across other respiratory and Other General Medicine
products, which included reductions in contract manufacturing
income and phasing impacts.
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Financial performance - Core results
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Core
operating profit growth in the quarter primarily reflected higher
turnover, favourable product and regional mix, lower SG&A
driven by ongoing productivity initiatives and net legal
settlements and expenses, as well as higher royalty income, partly
offset by increased investment in R&D and new asset
launches.
The
increase in Core EPS primarily reflected the growth in Core
operating profit and the share buyback, partly offset by higher net
finance costs, a higher effective rate of taxation and higher
non-controlling interests.
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Core Results
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Q1 2026
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£m
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%
AER
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%
CER
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Turnover
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7,629
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2
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5
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Cost of
sales
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(1,701)
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(1)
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–
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% of sales
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22.3%
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(0.7)
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(1.1)
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Selling,
general and administration
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(1,980)
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(4)
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(2)
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% of sales
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26.0%
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(1.5)
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(1.8)
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Research
and development
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(1,493)
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8
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12
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% of sales
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19.6%
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1.2
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1.2
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Royalty
income
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195
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8
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8
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Core operating profit
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2,650
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5
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10
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% of sales
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34.7%
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1.0
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1.8
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Core
net finance expense
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(143)
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42
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45
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Share
of after tax profit/(loss) of associates and joint
ventures
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(4)
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Core profit before taxation
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2,503
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3
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9
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Taxation
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(458)
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6
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11
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Tax rate %
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18.3%
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Core profit after taxation
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2,045
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2
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8
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Core
profit attributable to non-controlling interests
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173
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7
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12
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Core
profit attributable to shareholders
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1,872
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2,045
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2
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8
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Core
Earnings per share
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46.5p
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4
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9
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Financial
Performance – Q1 2026 results unless otherwise stated, growth
% and commentary at CER. See page 7 for Total results financial
performance commentary.
In Q1 2026, the adverse currency
impact on AER versus CER primarily reflected the strengthening of
Sterling against the USD. See page 8 for further details.
Reconciliations between Total results and Core results Q1 2026 and
Q1 2025 are set out on pages 17 and 18.
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Core
cost of sales as a percentage of sales decreased primarily due to
favourable product and regional mix driven by higher specialty
sales and the growth of higher margin Vaccines products,
particularly Shingrix in
Europe and the US.
Core
SG&A decreased primarily due to net favourability on legal
settlements and expenses equivalent to around 4ppts impact in the
quarter and ongoing productivity initiatives, partly offset by
disciplined investment to support launches for new assets including
Blenrep and Exdensur.
Core
R&D investment increased reflecting progression across the
portfolio. In Oncology, this included acceleration in work on ADCs
Ris-Rez and Mo-Rez, and velzatinib acquired in Q1 2025. In
Specialty Medicines, increased investment was driven by
efimosfermin acquired in Q3 2025 and depemokimab COPD indication,
as well as progression of ULA treatment and PrEP programmes,
notably 3x yearly and twice-yearly. Growth was partly offset by
lower spend on bepirovirsen which was filed in the quarter.
Investment also increased on clinical trial programmes associated
with mRNA seasonal flu vaccines and adult pneumococcal
MAPS.
Core
royalty income growth was primarily driven by Abrysvo(1) and
Comirnaty(2)
royalties.
Core
net finance expense increased mainly due to higher net debt
following Zantac payments and the share buyback, and a net adverse
variance from hedging activities, as well as higher interest on
tax.
The
effective tax rate on Core profits was broadly in line with
expectations for the year.
Core
NCIs in the quarter were higher primarily due to higher core profit
allocations from ViiV Healthcare.
(1) Abrysvo is manufactured by and a trademark of Pfizer Inc. (2)
Comirnaty is manufactured by and a trademark of BioNTech and Pfizer
Inc.
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Financial performance - Total results
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Total
operating profit margin growth in the quarter was primarily driven
by higher Core operating profit and higher other net operating
income, partly offset by an increase in CCL charges.
The
increase in Total EPS reflected higher Total operating profit, a
lower effective taxation rate and lower NCIs, partly offset by
higher Total net finance expense.
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Total Results
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Q1 2026
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£m
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%
AER
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%
CER
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Turnover
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7,629
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2
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5
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Cost of
sales
|
(1,875)
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(3)
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(2)
|
|
% of sales
|
24.6%
|
(1.2)
|
(1.6)
|
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Selling,
general and administration
|
(2,119)
|
2
|
4
|
|
% of sales
|
27.8%
|
0.2
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(0.2)
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Research
and development
|
(1,692)
|
16
|
19
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|
% of sales
|
22.2%
|
2.7
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2.7
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Royalty
income
|
195
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8
|
8
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Other
operating income/(expense)
|
155
|
>100
|
>100
|
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Operating profit
|
2,293
|
3
|
9
|
|
% of sales
|
30.1%
|
0.6
|
1.3
|
|
Net
finance expense
|
(145)
|
34
|
38
|
|
Share
of after tax profit/(loss) of associates and joint
ventures
|
(4)
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Profit before taxation
|
2,144
|
2
|
8
|
|
|
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Taxation
|
(305)
|
(9)
|
(4)
|
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Tax rate %
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14.2%
|
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Profit after taxation
|
1,839
|
4
|
10
|
|
Profit
attributable to non-controlling interests
|
102
|
(31)
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(26)
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Profit
attributable to shareholders
|
1,737
|
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1,839
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4
|
10
|
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Earnings
per share
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43.2p
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9
|
15
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Financial Performance – Q1 2026 results unless otherwise
stated, growth % and commentary at CER. See page 6 for Core results
financial performance commentary.
In Q1 2026, the adverse currency impact on AER versus CER primarily
reflected the strengthening of Sterling against the USD. See page 8
for further details. Reconciliations between Total results and Core
results Q1 2026 and Q1 2025 are set out on pages 17 and
18.
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Total
cost of sales as a percentage of sales decreased primarily driven
by Core cost of sales benefits and lower amortisation.
Total
SG&A as a percentage of sales was broadly stable with Core
SG&A benefits offset by amounts reclassified from the foreign
currency translation reserve to the income statement upon the
liquidation of a subsidiary, and acquisition and integration costs
related to RAPT Therapeutics ("RAPT").
Total
R&D growth in the quarter was driven by an increase in Core
R&D investment, as well as higher impairments.
Total
royalty income increase was driven by Core royalties.
Other
operating income included net income of £420 million (Q1 2025:
£9 million expense) primarily related to profit on the sale of
the Rockville manufacturing facility to Samsung Biologics,
including £375m reclassified from the foreign currency
translation reserve to the income statement on disposal of the
related subsidiary, partly offset by a charge of £265 million
(Q1 2025: £2 million) principally arising from the
remeasurement of CCLs and the liabilities for the Pfizer, Inc
("Pfizer") put option. The put option was fully derecognised at 31
March 2026 as Pfizer has exited its shareholding in ViiV
Healthcare. See pages 16 and 19 for further details.
Net
finance costs increased mainly due to higher Core net finance
expenses.
The
effective tax rate on Total results reflected the different tax
effects of the various Adjusting items included in Total results.
Issues related to taxation are described in Note 14,
‘Taxation’ in the Annual Report 2025. The Group
continues to believe it has made adequate provision for the
liabilities likely to arise from periods that are open and not yet
agreed by relevant tax authorities. The ultimate liability for such
matters may vary from the amounts provided and is dependent upon
the outcome of agreements with relevant tax
authorities.
The
decrease in Total NCIs in the quarter was primarily driven by a
higher remeasurement loss on the Shionogi-ViiV CCL compared to Q1
2025 partly offset by higher core profit allocations from ViiV
Healthcare.
Exchange rates and impact on results
GSK
operates in many countries and earns revenues and incurs costs in
many currencies. The results of the Group, as reported in Sterling,
are affected by movements in exchange rates between Sterling and
other currencies. Average exchange rates, as modified by specific
transaction rates for large transactions, prevailing during the
period, are used to translate the results and cash flows of
overseas subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures into Sterling.
Period-end rates are used to translate the net assets of those
entities. The currencies which most influenced these translations
and the relevant exchange rates were:
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Q1 2026
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Q1
2025
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2025
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Average
rates:
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US$/£
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1.35
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1.26
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1.31
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Euro/£
|
1.15
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1.20
|
|
1.17
|
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Yen/£
|
211
|
|
193
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198
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Period-end
rates:
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US$/£
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1.32
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|
1.29
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1.35
|
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Euro/£
|
1.15
|
|
1.20
|
|
1.15
|
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|
|
Yen/£
|
211
|
|
193
|
|
211
|
In Q1
2026, the adverse currency impact primarily reflected the
strengthening of Sterling against the US Dollar and Yen as well as
emerging market currencies, partly offset by strengthening of the
Euro. Exchange losses on the settlement of intercompany
transactions had an adverse impact of one percentage point on Total
and Core EPS.
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Cash generation
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Cash flow
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Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
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Cash
generated from operations (£m)
|
1,350
|
|
1,301
|
|
|
Total
net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
(£m)
|
1,141
|
|
1,145
|
|
|
Free
cash inflow/(outflow)* (£m)
|
815
|
|
697
|
|
|
Free
cash flow growth (%)
|
17%
|
|
>100%
|
|
|
Free
cash flow conversion* (%)
|
47%
|
|
43%
|
|
|
Total
net debt** (£m)
|
15,613
|
|
13,947
|
|
|
* Free cash flow and free cash flow conversion are defined on
page 42. Free cash flow is analysed on page 33.
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** Net debt is analysed on page 33
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|
|
Q1 2026
Cash
generated from operations for the quarter was £1,350 million
(Q1 2025: £1,301 million). The increase primarily
reflected higher Core operating profit and the final cash
settlement from CureVac, partly offset by exchange and adverse
timing and movements on trade payables and returns and
rebates.
Total
contingent consideration cash payments in the quarter were
£379 million (Q1 2025: £341 million).
£375 million (Q1 2025: £338 million) of these
were recognised in cash flows from operating activities, including
cash payments made to Shionogi & Co. Ltd ("Shionogi") of
£362 million (Q1 2025:
£331 million).
Free
cash inflow was £815 million for the quarter (Q1 2025:
£697 million). The increase was primarily driven by the
special dividend of $250 million (£187 million) related to the
ViiV shareholding restructure, as well as higher cash generated
from operations, partly offset by higher tax payments and higher
standard dividends to NCIs.
Total Net debt
At 31
March 2026, net debt was £15,613 million, compared with
£14,453 million at 31 December 2025, comprising gross debt of
£19,056 million and cash and liquid investments of £3,443
million. See net debt information on page 33.
Net
debt increased by £1,160 million primarily due to the net
acquisition costs of RAPT of £1,404 million, dividends paid to
shareholders of £643 million, shares purchased as part of the
share buyback programme of £326 million and an exchange loss
on net debt of £154 million. This was partly offset by
primarily the free cash inflow of £815 million and £383
million related to the disposal of the Rockville site including
proceeds and a reduction in lease liabilities.
At 31
March 2026, GSK had short-term borrowings (including overdrafts and
lease liabilities) repayable within 12 months of £5,044
million and £742 million repayable in the subsequent
year.
Contents
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Page
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Q1 2026
pipeline highlights
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11
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Responsible
business
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13
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Total
and Core results
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15
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Income
statement
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20
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Statement
of comprehensive income
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21
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Balance
sheet
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22
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Statement
of changes in equity
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23
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Cash
flow statement
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24
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Sales
tables
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25
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Segment
information
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27
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Legal
matters
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28
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Returns
to shareholders
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29
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Additional
information
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30
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R&D
commentary
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35
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Reporting
definitions
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42
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Guidance
and outlooks, assumptions and cautionary statements
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44
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Independent
Auditor's review report to GSK plc
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46
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Glossary
of terms
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48
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Contacts
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GSK plc
(LSE/NYSE: GSK) is a global biopharma company with a purpose to
unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease
together. Find out more at
www.gsk.com.
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Media
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Tim
Foley
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+44 (0)
7780 494750
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(London)
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Kathleen
Quinn
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+1 202
603 5003
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(Washington)
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Investor
Relations
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Constantin
Fest
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+44 (0)
7831 826525
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(London)
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James
Dodwell
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+44 (0)
7881 269066
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(London)
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Mick
Readey
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+44 (0)
7990 339653
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(London)
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Steph
Mountifield
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+44 (0)
7796 707505
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(London)
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Sam
Piper
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+44 (0)
7824 525779
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(London)
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Jeff
McLaughlin
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+1 215
751 7002
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(Philadelphia)
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Frannie
DeFranco
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+1 215
751 3126
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(Philadelphia)
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Registered Office:
79 New
Oxford Street
London,
WC1A
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Q1 2026 pipeline highlights (since 4 February
2026)
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Medicine/vaccine
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Trial (indication, presentation)
|
Event
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|
Regulatory approvals or other regulatory actions
|
Exdensur
|
SWIFT-1/2,
ANCHOR 1/2 (severe asthma with type 2 inflammation and chronic
rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps)
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Regulatory approval
(EU, CN)
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Lynavoy*
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GLISTEN
(cholestatic pruritus in primary biliary cholangitis)
|
Regulatory approval
(US)
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Nucala
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MATINEE
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder)
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Regulatory approval
(EU)
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Blenrep
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DREAMM-7
(2L+ multiple myeloma)
|
Regulatory approval
(CN)
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Arexvy
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RSV,
Adults aged 18-49 years at increased risk
|
Regulatory approval
(US)
|
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Regulatory submissions or acceptances
|
Lynavoy
|
GLISTEN
(cholestatic pruritic in primary biliary cholangitis)
|
Regulatory
acceptance (CN)
|
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Arexvy
|
RSV,
adults aged 60+ years
|
Regulatory
acceptance (CN)
|
||
|
bepirovirsen
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B-Well
1 and B-Well 2 (chronic hepatitis B)
|
Regulatory
acceptance (US, EU, JP, CN)
|
||
|
Phase III data readouts or other significant events
|
bepirovirsen
|
B-Well
1 and B-Well 2 (chronic hepatitis B)
|
Breakthrough
Designation (US)
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efimosfermin
|
ZENITH-1
and ZENITH-2 (metabolic dysfunction-associated
steatohepatitis)
|
Breakthrough
Designation (US) PRIME Designation
(EU)
|
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Exdensur
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NIMBLE
(severe asthma; non-registrational study)
|
Phase
III data read out
|
||
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risvutatug
rezetecan
|
Small
cell lung cancer
|
Orphan
Drug Designation (JP)
|
||
*On 22
April 2026, GSK entered into a licence agreement under which
Alfasigma S.p.A. acquired worldwide exclusive rights to develop,
manufacture and commercialise Lynavoy (linerixibat).
Anticipated
pipeline milestones
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Timing
|
Medicine/vaccine
|
Trial (indication, presentation)
|
Event
|
||||
|
H1 2026
|
Arexvy
|
RSV,
adults aged 18-49 years at increased risk
|
Regulatory
decision (JP)
|
||||
|
tebipenem
pivoxil
|
PIVOT-PO
(complicated urinary tract infection)
|
Regulatory
decision (US)
|
|||||
|
H2 2026
|
camlipixant
|
CALM-1/2
(refractory chronic cough)
|
Phase
III data readout
|
||||
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camlipixant
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CALM-1/2
(refractory chronic cough)
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Regulatory
submission (US, EU, JP)
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|||||
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depemokimab
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OCEAN
(eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
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Phase
III data readout
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|||||
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Ventolin
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Low
carbon MDI (asthma)
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Regulatory
submission (EU)
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|||||
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Jemperli
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AZUR-1
(rectal cancer)
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Phase
II (pivotal) data readout
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Blenrep
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DREAMM-8
(2L + multiple myeloma)
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Regulatory
submission (CN)
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|||||
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cabotegravir
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3x
yearly (Q4M) PrEP (HIV prevention)
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Phase
II (pivotal) data readout
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cabotegravir
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3x
yearly (Q4M) PrEP (HIV prevention)
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Regulatory
submission (US)
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Arexvy
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RSV,
adults aged 18+ immunocompromised
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Regulatory
decision (US, EU, JP)
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|||||
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bepirovirsen
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B-WELL
1/2 (hepatitis B virus)
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Regulatory
decision (US, JP)
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|||||
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Bexsero
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Meningococcal
B (infants)
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Regulatory
submission (US)
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Timing
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Medicine/vaccine
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Trial (indication, presentation)
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Event
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2027
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camlipixant
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CALM-1/2
(refractory chronic cough)
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Regulatory
decision (US, EU, JP)
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depemokimab
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OCEAN
(Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
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Regulatory
submission (US, EU, CN, JP)
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depemokimab
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OCEAN
(Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
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Regulatory
decision (US)
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Ventolin
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Low
carbon MDI (asthma)
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Regulatory
decision (EU)
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Blenrep
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DREAMM
8 (2L+ multiple myeloma)
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Regulatory
decision (CN)
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Jemperli
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AZUR-1
(rectal cancer)
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Regulatory
submission (US, EU, CN, JP)
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Jemperli
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AZUR-1
(rectal cancer)
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Regulatory
decision (US, EU, JP)
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cabotegravir
+ rilpivirine
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CUATRO,
3x yearly (Q4M) treatment (HIV)
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Phase
III data readout
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cabotegravir
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3x
yearly (Q4M) PrEP (HIV)
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Regulatory
decision (US)
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Arexvy
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RSV,
adults aged 60+
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Regulatory
decision (CN)
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bepirovirsen
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B-WELL
1/2 (chronic hepatitis B)
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Regulatory
decision (EU, CN)
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Bexsero
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Meningococcal
B (infants)
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Regulatory
decision (US)
|
Refer
to pages 35 to 41 for further details on several key medicines and
vaccines in development by therapy area.
Progress on areas for responsible business
Being a
responsible business is a fundamental part of GSK’s strategy
and supports our long-term performance. We disclose annual progress
against our responsible business priorities, including metrics in
our Responsible Business Performance Rating, in our Annual Report
and Responsible Business Report (published March
2026).
Highlights from 2025 include:
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●
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2025
Responsible Business Performance Rating was “On track,”
based on 92% of all performance metrics being met or
exceeded.
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●
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Access: In 2025, we supplied 560 million doses of our
products to lower income countries, including 99 million vaccine
doses to Gavi, the global public-private vaccines
alliance.
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●
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Global health and health security: We progressed seven
Global Health pipeline assets to address priority WHO diseases,
including malaria and tuberculosis (TB), and progressed 17 active
R&D projects that address pathogens considered critical and/or
urgent threats due to drug resistance.(1)
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●
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Environment: We reduced operational emissions (Scope 1 and
2) by 14% from 2024, a 45% reduction compared with our 2020
baseline and announced positive pivotal phase III data for a
next-generation low carbon version of Ventolin MDI, and these findings will
support regulatory submissions.
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●
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Inclusion: 50% of phase III trials completing enrolment in
2025 met our required threshold(2), consistent with
disease epidemiology, falling short of our target of 75%. We will
continue to focus on clinical trial representation consistent with
disease epidemiology.
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●
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Ethical standards: 100% of employees and complementary
workers completed GSK’s 2025 mandatory training on our code
of conduct and 92% of direct high-risk suppliers achieved
GSK’s minimum Ecovadis score or had an improvement plan in
place.
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●
|
Product governance: GSK had no FDA warning letters and had
an average of one finding per inspection by FDA/MHRA/EMA
regulators. We respond and learn from all inspection findings,
taking the necessary actions to respond to them.
|
More
details can be found in GSK's Responsible
Business Report 2025(3).
Highlights since Q4 2025
Additional
progress on our responsible business priority areas since the last
quarter:
Access
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●
|
In
January, GSK and the END Fund established(4)
a new initiative to accelerate progress of the elimination of
neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including lymphatic filariasis
and soil-transmitted helminths.
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Global health and health security
|
●
|
GSK
topped the Access to Medicine Foundation’s
2026 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Benchmark(5) among large
biopharma companies, recognising the company’s leadership in
addressing AMR.
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●
|
Tuberculosis
is the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide(6). In March, the
first patient was dosed in a Phase 2b clinical trial of
Alpibectir-Ethionamide (AlpE) in pulmonary TB informed by earlier
proof-of-concept data from a GSK-BioVersys collaboration and
published in the New England Journal of Medicine in
January.
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Environment
|
●
|
A year
on from launching a five-year water partnership with
WWF-UK(7), GSK has expanded
its work into Algeria, building on the ongoing work in India and
Pakistan. This move is a key step towards our 2030 target of
achieving water neutrality in GSK’s operations and at key
suppliers in areas that face significant water challenges and will
help to safeguard the future of our operations and supply
chain.
|
Responsible Business rating performance
Detailed
below is how GSK performs in key Responsible Business ratings(8).
|
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External
benchmark
|
Current
score/ranking
|
Previous
score/ranking
|
Comments
|
|
Access
to Medicines Index
|
3.72
|
4.06
|
Second
in the Index, updated bi-annually, current results from November
2024. Score ranging from 0 to 5
|
|
Antimicrobial
resistance benchmark
|
77%
|
84%
|
Led the
benchmark since its inception in 2018; Current ranking updated
March 2026
|
|
CDP
Climate Change
|
A
|
A
|
Updated
annually, current scores updated December 2025 (for supplier
engagement, July 2025)
|
|
CDP
Water Security
|
A
|
A
|
|
|
CDP
Forests (palm oil)
|
B
|
B
|
|
|
CDP
Forests (timber)
|
B
|
B
|
|
|
CDP
supplier engagement rating
|
Leader
|
Leader
|
|
|
Sustainalytics
|
13.7
|
14.8
|
1st
percentile in pharma subindustry group; lower score represents
lower risk. Current score as at October 2025
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|
MSCI
|
AA
|
AA
|
Last
rating action date: March 2026
|
|
ISS
Corporate Rating
|
B+
|
B+
|
Current
score updated September 2025
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|
FTSE4Good
|
Member
|
Member
|
Member
since 2004, latest review in June 2025
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|
ShareAction’s
Workforce Disclosure Initiative
|
79%
|
77%
|
Current
score updated January 2024
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|
(1)
|
Based on the WHO Bacterial Priority
Pathogens List, 2024, and the CDC Antibiotic Resistance Threats in
the United States, 2019 report
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|
(2)
|
Defined by meeting ≥80% of
each demographic objective (up to a ceiling of 120%) described in
the plan based on disease epidemiology
|
|
(3)
|
https://www.gsk.com/media/di5bk40q/responsible-business-report.pdf
|
|
(4)
|
https://endfund.org/impact-stories/gsk-to-support-the-end-fund-in-drive-to-eliminate-neglected-tropical-diseases
|
|
(5)
|
https://accesstomedicinefoundation.org/insights-resources/amr-benchmark
|
|
(6)
|
https://iris.who.int/server/api/core/bitstreams/e97dd6f4-b567-4396-8680-717bac6869a9/content
|
|
(7)
|
https://www.wwf.org.uk/who-we-are/who-we-work-with/gsk
|
|
(8)
|
https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/responsibility/responsibility-reports/#Externalratings
|
Total and Core results
Total
reported results represent the Group’s overall
performance.
GSK
uses a number of non-IFRS measures to report the performance of its
business. Core results and other non-IFRS measures may be
considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, or superior
to, information presented in accordance with IFRS. Core results are
defined below and other non-IFRS measures are defined on pages 42
and 43.
GSK
believes that Core results, when considered together with Total
results, provide investors, analysts and other stakeholders with
helpful complementary information to understand better the
financial performance and position of the Group from period to
period, and allow the Group’s performance to be more easily
compared against the majority of its peer companies. These measures
are also used by management for planning and reporting purposes.
They may not be directly comparable with similarly described
measures used by other companies.
GSK
encourages investors and analysts not to rely on any single
financial measure but to review GSK’s quarterly results
announcements, including the financial statements and notes, in
their entirety.
GSK is
committed to continuously improving its financial reporting, in
line with evolving regulatory requirements and best practice. In
line with this practice, GSK expects to continue to review and
refine its reporting framework.
Core
results exclude the following items in relation to our operations
from Total results, together with the tax effects of all of these
items:
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amortisation
of intangible assets (excluding computer software and capitalised
development costs) to reflect the Group's performance excluding the
effect of acquisitions
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●
|
impairment
of intangible assets (excluding computer software) and goodwill to
reflect the Group's performance excluding the effect of
acquisitions
|
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●
|
major
restructuring and integration costs, which are:
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-
|
cash
and non-cash costs such as impairment of tangible assets and
computer software of Major restructuring programmes, which are
specific Board-approved programmes that are structural and of
significant scale, where the costs of individual or related
projects within such programmes exceed £25 million;
or
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|
-
|
costs
that relate to restructuring and integration following a
significant acquisition.
|
|
|
Costs
for other ordinary course, smaller-scale restructuring and
integration are retained within both Total and Core
results
|
|
|
●
|
transaction-related
accounting or other adjustments related to significant
acquisitions
|
|
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●
|
proceeds
and costs of disposal of associates, products and businesses;
significant settlement income; Significant legal charges (net of
insurance recoveries) and expenses on the settlement of litigation
and government investigations; other operating income other than
royalty income, and other items including amounts reclassified from
the foreign currency translation reserve to the income statement
upon the liquidation of a subsidiary where the amount exceeds
£25 million
|
|
As Core
results include the benefits of Major restructuring programmes but
exclude significant costs (such as Significant legal charges and
expenses, major restructuring costs and transaction items) they
should not be regarded as a complete picture of the Group’s
financial performance, which is presented in Total results. The
exclusion of other Adjusting items may result in Core earnings
being materially higher or lower than Total earnings. In
particular, when significant impairments, restructuring charges and
legal costs are excluded, Core earnings will be higher than Total
earnings.
GSK has
undertaken a number of Major restructuring programmes in response
to significant changes in the Group’s trading environment or
overall strategy or following material acquisitions. Within the
Pharmaceuticals sector, the highly regulated manufacturing
operations and supply chains and long lifecycle of the business
mean that restructuring programmes, particularly those that involve
the rationalisation or closure of manufacturing or R&D sites
are likely to take several years to complete. Costs, both cash and
non-cash, of these programmes are provided for as individual
elements are approved and meet the accounting recognition criteria.
As a result, charges may be incurred over a number of years
following the initiation of a Major restructuring
programme.
Significant
legal charges and expenses are those arising from the settlement of
litigation or government investigations that are not in the normal
course and materially larger than more regularly occurring
individual matters. They also include certain major legacy
matters.
Reconciliations
between Total and Core results, providing further information on
the key Adjusting items, are set out on pages 17 and
18.
GSK
provides earnings guidance to the investor community on the basis
of Core results. This is in line with peer companies and
expectations of the investor community, supporting easier
comparison of the Group’s performance with its peers. GSK is
not able to give guidance for Total results as it cannot reliably
forecast certain material elements of the Total results,
particularly the future fair value movements on contingent
consideration and put options that can and have given rise to
significant adjustments driven by external factors such as currency
and other movements in capital markets.
ViiV Healthcare
ViiV
Healthcare is a subsidiary of the Group and 100% of its operating
results (turnover, operating profit, profit after tax) are included
within the Group income statement.
On 19
January 2026, GSK reached agreement with Pfizer and Shionogi for
the 11.7% economic interest in ViiV Healthcare held by Pfizer to be
replaced with an investment by Shionogi. On 31 March 2026, the
transaction completed and Shionogi increased its economic interest
to 21.7% and GSK maintained its 78.3% economic interest. ViiV
Healthcare issued new shares to Shionogi for consideration of
$2.125 billion, and cancelled Pfizer’s holding in ViiV
Healthcare, returning $1.875 billion to Pfizer. GSK received a
special dividend of $0.250 billion (£187 million). Further, on
completion GSK extinguished the Pfizer put option liability through
retained earnings. The put option liability was £822 million
as at 31 December 2025 and was remeasured immediately prior to
completion, on the same methodology as at 31 December 2025, with
the £33 million fair value change in the liability recognised
as an Adjusting item through other operating
income/(expense).
Earnings
for the year are allocated to the two shareholders of ViiV
Healthcare on the basis of their respective equity shareholdings
(GSK 78.3% and Shionogi 21.7%) and their entitlement to
preferential dividends, which are determined by the performance of
certain products attributable to each shareholder. As the relative
performance of these products changes over time, the proportion of
the overall earnings allocated to each shareholder also changes. In
particular, the increasing proportion of sales of dolutegravir and
cabotegravir-containing products has a favourable impact on the
proportion of the preferential dividends that is allocated to GSK.
Adjusting items are allocated to shareholders based on their equity
interests. GSK was entitled to approximately 83% of the Total
earnings and 83% of the Core earnings of ViiV Healthcare for
2025.
As
consideration for the acquisition of Shionogi’s interest in
the former Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare joint venture in 2012, Shionogi
received the 10% equity stake in ViiV Healthcare and ViiV
Healthcare also agreed to pay additional future cash consideration
to Shionogi, contingent on the future sales performance of the
products being developed by that joint venture, dolutegravir and
cabotegravir. Under IFRS 3 ‘Business combinations’, GSK
was required to provide for the estimated fair value of this
contingent consideration at the time of acquisition and is required
to update the liability to the latest estimate of fair value at
each subsequent period end. The liability for the contingent
consideration recognised in the balance sheet at the date of
acquisition was £659 million. Subsequent remeasurements are
reflected within other operating income/(expense) and within
Adjusting items in the income statement in each
period.
Cash
payments to settle the contingent consideration are made to
Shionogi by ViiV Healthcare each quarter, based on the actual sales
performance and other income of the relevant products in the
previous quarter. These payments reduce the balance sheet liability
and hence are not recorded in the income statement. The cash
payments made to Shionogi by ViiV Healthcare in the three months
ended 31 March 2026 were £362 million.
As the
liability is required to be recorded at the fair value of estimated
future payments, there is a significant timing difference between
the charges that are recorded in the Total income statement to
reflect movements in the fair value of the liability and the actual
cash payments made to settle the liability.
Further
explanation of the acquisition-related arrangements with ViiV
Healthcare are set out on pages 86 and 87 of the Annual Report
2025.
The
reconciliations between Total results and Core results for Q1 2026
and Q1 2025 are set out below.
Three months ended 31 March 2026
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
results
£m
|
Intangible
asset
amort-
isation
£m
|
Intangible
asset
impair-
ment
£m
|
Major
restructuring and integration
£m
|
Trans-
action-
related
£m
|
Divest-ments,
Significant
legal
and
other
items
£m
|
Core
results
£m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Turnover
|
7,629
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,629
|
|
|
Cost of
sales
|
(1,875)
|
165
|
|
2
|
|
7
|
(1,701)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
5,754
|
165
|
|
2
|
|
7
|
5,928
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administration
|
(2,119)
|
|
|
20
|
14
|
105
|
(1,980)
|
|
|
Research
and development
|
(1,692)
|
25
|
172
|
2
|
|
|
(1,493)
|
|
|
Royalty
income
|
195
|
|
|
|
|
|
195
|
|
|
Other
operating income/(expense)
|
155
|
|
|
|
265
|
(420)
|
–
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit
|
2,293
|
190
|
172
|
24
|
279
|
(308)
|
2,650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
finance expense
|
(145)
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
(143)
|
|
|
Share
of after tax profit/(loss) of associates and joint
ventures
|
(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit before taxation
|
2,144
|
190
|
172
|
24
|
279
|
(306)
|
2,503
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxation
|
(305)
|
(41)
|
(29)
|
(5)
|
(90)
|
12
|
(458)
|
|
|
Tax rate %
|
14.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit after taxation
|
1,839
|
149
|
143
|
19
|
189
|
(294)
|
2,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
attributable to non-controlling interests
|
102
|
|
|
|
71
|
|
173
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit/(loss)
attributable to shareholders
|
1,737
|
149
|
143
|
19
|
118
|
(294)
|
1,872
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,839
|
149
|
143
|
19
|
189
|
(294)
|
2,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share
|
43.2p
|
3.7p
|
3.6p
|
0.5p
|
2.8p
|
(7.3p)
|
46.5p
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
number of shares (millions)
|
4,023
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,023
|
|
Three months ended 31 March 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
results
£m
|
Intangible
asset
amort-
isation
£m
|
Intangible
asset
impair-
ment
£m
|
Major
restructuring and integration
£m
|
Trans-
action-
related
£m
|
Divest-ments,
Significant
legal
and
other
items
£m
|
Core
results
£m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Turnover
|
7,516
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,516
|
|
Cost of
sales
|
(1,937)
|
198
|
|
11
|
|
2
|
(1,726)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
5,579
|
198
|
|
11
|
|
2
|
5,790
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general
and administration
|
(2,070)
|
|
|
8
|
8
|
(6)
|
(2,060)
|
|
Research
and development
|
(1,462)
|
21
|
64
|
1
|
|
(1)
|
(1,377)
|
|
Royalty
income
|
180
|
|
|
|
|
|
180
|
|
Other
operating income/(expense)
|
(11)
|
|
|
|
2
|
9
|
–
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating profit
|
2,216
|
219
|
64
|
20
|
10
|
4
|
2,533
|
|
Net
finance expense
|
(108)
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
(101)
|
|
Profit before taxation
|
2,108
|
219
|
64
|
20
|
10
|
11
|
2,432
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxation
|
(336)
|
(51)
|
(16)
|
(5)
|
(30)
|
4
|
(434)
|
|
Tax rate %
|
15.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.8%
|
|
Profit after taxation
|
1,772
|
168
|
48
|
15
|
(20)
|
15
|
1,998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
attributable to non-controlling interests
|
148
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
162
|
|
Profit/(loss)
attributable to shareholders
|
1,624
|
168
|
48
|
15
|
(34)
|
15
|
1,836
|
|
|
1,772
|
168
|
48
|
15
|
(20)
|
15
|
1,998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share
|
39.7p
|
4.1p
|
1.2p
|
0.4p
|
(0.9p)
|
0.4p
|
44.9p
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
number of shares (millions)
|
4,088
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,088
|
Adjusting items Q1 2026
Major restructuring and integration
Charges
of £24 million (Q1 2025: £20 million) were incurred
relating to ongoing projects categorised as Major restructuring
programmes and integration costs, analysed as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1 2026
|
|
Q1
2025
|
||||
|
|
Cash
£m
|
Non-
cash
£m
|
Total
£m
|
|
Cash
£m
|
Non-
cash
£m
|
Total
£m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Significant
acquisitions
|
22
|
–
|
22
|
|
1
|
–
|
1
|
|
Legacy
programmes
|
2
|
–
|
2
|
|
7
|
12
|
19
|
|
|
24
|
–
|
24
|
|
8
|
12
|
20
|
Integration
costs of significant acquisitions relate predominantly to
integration activities for RAPT acquired in Q1 2026, with smaller
incremental costs attributed to earlier acquisitions - BELLUS
Health Inc. (Bellus) in Q2 2023, and BP Asset IX in Q3
2025.
Legacy
programmes now include the Separation restructuring programme,
which focused on the separation of GSK into two companies and is
now largely complete.
Transaction-related adjustments
Transaction-related
adjustments resulted in a net charge of £279 million (Q1 2025:
£10 million), the majority of which related to
charges/(credits) for the remeasurement of contingent consideration
liabilities on the former Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare joint
venture.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charge/(credit)
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
Contingent
consideration on former Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare joint venture
(including Shionogi preferential dividends)
|
288
|
|
39
|
|
ViiV
Healthcare put options and Pfizer preferential
dividends
|
(33)
|
|
(60)
|
|
Contingent
consideration on former Novartis Vaccines business
|
(14)
|
|
52
|
|
Contingent
consideration on acquisition of Affinivax
|
2
|
|
(33)
|
|
Other
contingent consideration
|
22
|
|
4
|
|
Other
adjustments
|
14
|
|
8
|
|
Total
transaction-related charges/(credits)
|
279
|
|
10
|
The
£288 million charge relating to the contingent consideration
for the former Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare joint venture represented
an increase in the valuation of the contingent consideration due to
Shionogi driven by exchange movements and net other remeasurements
of £186 million and the unwind of the discount for £102
million.
The
£33 million credit on the ViiV put option and Pfizer
preferential dividend relates to the remeasurement of the put
option with Pfizer. The agreement with Pfizer and Shionogi for the
11.7% economic interest in ViiV Healthcare held by Pfizer to be
replaced with an investment by Shionogi completed on 31 March 2026
and as a result GSK extinguished the Pfizer put option liability
through retained earnings. An explanation of the accounting for the
non-controlling interests in ViiV Healthcare is set out on page
16.
There
was a £14 million credit in the quarter relating to the
contingent consideration on the former Novartis Vaccines business
primarily related to remeasurements partly offset by the unwind of
the discount.
Divestments, Significant legal charges, and other
items
Divestments,
Significant legal charges, and other items included net other
operating income of £420 million (Q1 2025: £9 million
expense) primarily related to profit on the sale of the Rockville
manufacturing facility, including £375m reclassified from the
foreign currency translation reserve to the income statement on
disposal of the related subsidiary. This was partly offset by
amounts reclassified from the foreign currency translation reserve
to the income statement upon the liquidation of
subsidiaries.
Legal
charges provide for all significant legal matters and are not
broken out separately by litigation or investigation.
|
|
|
|||
|
Financial information
|
|
|||
|
Income
statement
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
|
TURNOVER
|
7,629
|
|
7,516
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
sales
|
(1,875)
|
|
(1,937)
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
5,754
|
|
5,579
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administration
|
(2,119)
|
|
(2,070)
|
|
|
Research
and development
|
(1,692)
|
|
(1,462)
|
|
|
Royalty
income
|
195
|
|
180
|
|
|
Other
operating income/(expense)
|
155
|
|
(11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING PROFIT
|
2,293
|
|
2,216
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finance
income
|
22
|
|
54
|
|
|
Finance
expense
|
(167)
|
|
(162)
|
|
|
Share
of after tax profit/(loss) of associates and joint
ventures
|
(4)
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION
|
2,144
|
|
2,108
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Taxation
|
(305)
|
|
(336)
|
|
|
Tax rate %
|
14.2%
|
|
15.9%
|
|
|
PROFIT AFTER TAXATION
|
1,839
|
|
1,772
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
attributable to non-controlling interests
|
102
|
|
148
|
|
|
Profit
attributable to shareholders
|
1,737
|
|
1,624
|
|
|
|
1,839
|
|
1,772
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EARNINGS PER SHARE
|
43.2p
|
|
39.7p
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
earnings per share
|
42.6p
|
|
39.3p
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement
of comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
Total
profit for the period
|
1,839
|
|
1,772
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to income
statement:
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange movements
on overseas net assets and net investment hedges
|
(59)
|
|
138
|
|
Reclassification of
exchange movements on liquidation or disposal of overseas
subsidiaries and associates
|
(266)
|
|
(1)
|
|
Fair
value movements on cash flow hedges
|
31
|
|
(4)
|
|
Cost of
hedging
|
1
|
|
4
|
|
Reclassification
of cash flow hedges to income statement
|
(14)
|
|
(5)
|
|
Deferred
tax on fair value movements on cash flow hedges
|
(1)
|
|
–
|
|
|
(308)
|
|
132
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Items that will not be reclassified to income
statement:
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange movements
on overseas net assets of non-controlling interests
|
4
|
|
(8)
|
|
Share
of the other comprehensive income of associates and joint
ventures
|
14
|
|
–
|
|
Fair
value movements on equity investments
|
(38)
|
|
(121)
|
|
Tax on
fair value movements on equity investments
|
3
|
|
7
|
|
Fair
value movements on fair value hedges
|
17
|
|
–
|
|
Remeasurement
gains/(losses) on defined benefit plans
|
83
|
|
56
|
|
Tax
(charge)/credit on remeasurement of defined benefit
plans
|
(21)
|
|
(14)
|
|
|
62
|
|
(80)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive income/(expense) for the period
|
(246)
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
comprehensive income for the period
|
1,593
|
|
1,824
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
comprehensive income for the period attributable to:
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders
|
1,487
|
|
1,684
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
106
|
|
140
|
|
|
1,593
|
|
1,824
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
sheet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
31 March 2026
£m
|
|
31
December 2025
£m
|
|||||||||||||||
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Non-current assets
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Property,
plant and equipment
|
9,340
|
|
9,322
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Right
of use assets
|
698
|
|
726
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Goodwill
|
7,287
|
|
7,018
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other
intangible assets
|
18,138
|
|
16,748
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Investments
in associates and joint ventures
|
99
|
|
89
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other
investments
|
859
|
|
1,037
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
tax assets
|
6,307
|
|
6,520
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Derivative
financial instruments
|
19
|
|
–
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other
non-current assets
|
2,361
|
|
2,148
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total non-current assets
|
45,108
|
|
43,608
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Inventories
|
6,157
|
|
5,924
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Current
tax recoverable
|
181
|
|
288
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Trade
and other receivables
|
7,756
|
|
7,471
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Derivative
financial instruments
|
86
|
|
121
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Liquid
investments
|
1
|
|
9
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
3,442
|
|
3,397
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Assets
held for sale
|
138
|
|
300
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total current assets
|
17,761
|
|
17,510
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
TOTAL ASSETS
|
62,869
|
|
61,118
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Short-term
borrowings
|
(5,044)
|
|
(3,012)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Contingent
consideration liabilities
|
(1,395)
|
|
(1,348)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Trade
and other payables
|
(14,335)
|
|
(15,381)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Derivative
financial instruments
|
(192)
|
|
(75)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Current
tax payable
|
(555)
|
|
(498)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Short-term
provisions
|
(908)
|
|
(938)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Liabilities
relating to assets held for sale
|
–
|
|
(139)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total current liabilities
|
(22,429)
|
|
(21,391)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Non-current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Long-term
borrowings
|
(14,012)
|
|
(14,708)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Corporation
tax payable
|
(66)
|
|
–
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
tax liabilities
|
(292)
|
|
(291)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Pensions
and other post-employment benefits
|
(1,695)
|
|
(1,687)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Derivative
financial instruments
|
(56)
|
|
(67)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other
provisions
|
(579)
|
|
(610)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Contingent
consideration liabilities
|
(5,278)
|
|
(5,385)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other
non-current liabilities
|
(1,040)
|
|
(1,023)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total non-current liabilities
|
(23,018)
|
|
(23,771)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
(45,447)
|
|
(45,162)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
NET ASSETS
|
17,422
|
|
15,956
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Share
capital
|
1,349
|
|
1,349
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Share
premium account
|
3,506
|
|
3,498
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Retained
earnings
|
11,590
|
|
10,209
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Other
reserves
|
1,407
|
|
1,321
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Shareholders’ equity
|
17,852
|
|
16,377
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
(430)
|
|
(421)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
TOTAL EQUITY
|
17,422
|
|
15,956
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Statement
of changes in equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Share
capital
£m
|
Share
premium
£m
|
Retained
earnings
£m
|
Other
reserves
£m
|
Share-
holder’s
equity
£m
|
Non-
controlling
interests
£m
|
Total
equity
£m
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At 1
January 2026
|
1,349
|
3,498
|
10,209
|
1,321
|
16,377
|
(421)
|
15,956
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Profit
for the period
|
|
|
1,737
|
|
1,737
|
102
|
1,839
|
||||||||||||
|
Other comprehensive income/(expense) for the period
|
|
|
(258)
|
8
|
(250)
|
4
|
(246)
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
comprehensive income/(expense) for the period
|
|
|
1,479
|
8
|
1,487
|
106
|
1,593
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Dividend
distributions to non-controlling interests
|
|
|
|
|
|
(115)
|
(115)
|
||||||||||||
|
Derecognition of
liabilities with non-controlling interests
|
|
|
789
|
|
789
|
|
789
|
||||||||||||
|
Contributions
from non-controlling interests
|
|
|
187
|
|
187
|
1,399
|
1,586
|
||||||||||||
|
Other
distributions to non-controlling interests
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,399)
|
(1,399)
|
||||||||||||
|
Dividends
to shareholders
|
|
|
(643)
|
|
(643)
|
|
(643)
|
||||||||||||
|
Realised after tax
profit/(losses) on disposal or liquidation of equity
investments
|
|
|
(9)
|
9
|
|
|
–
|
||||||||||||
|
Share
of associates and joint ventures realised profit/(loss) on disposal
of equity investments
|
|
|
(7)
|
7
|
|
|
–
|
||||||||||||
|
Shares
issued
|
|
8
|
|
|
8
|
|
8
|
||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of treasury shares(*)
|
|
|
(452)
|
|
(452)
|
|
(452)
|
||||||||||||
|
Write-down
on shares held by ESOP Trusts
|
|
|
(62)
|
62
|
|
|
–
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based
incentive plans
|
|
|
99
|
|
99
|
|
99
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At 31 March 2026
|
1,349
|
3,506
|
11,590
|
1,407
|
17,852
|
(430)
|
17,422
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Share
capital
£m
|
Share
premium
£m
|
Retained
earnings
£m
|
Other
reserves
£m
|
Share-
holder’s
equity
£m
|
Non-
controlling
interests
£m
|
Total
equity
£m
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
At 1
January 2025
|
1,348
|
3,473
|
7,796
|
1,054
|
13,671
|
(585)
|
13,086
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Profit
for the period
|
|
|
1,624
|
|
1,624
|
148
|
1,772
|
||||||||||||
|
Other comprehensive income/(expense) for the period
|
|
|
172
|
(112)
|
60
|
(8)
|
52
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
comprehensive income/(expense) for the period
|
|
|
1,796
|
(112)
|
1,684
|
140
|
1,824
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Dividend
distributions to non-controlling interests
|
|
|
|
|
|
(58)
|
(58)
|
||||||||||||
|
Dividends
to shareholders
|
|
|
(612)
|
|
(612)
|
|
(612)
|
||||||||||||
|
Shares
issued
|
1
|
11
|
|
|
12
|
|
12
|
||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of treasury shares(*)
|
|
|
(701)
|
|
(701)
|
|
(701)
|
||||||||||||
|
Write-down
of shares held by ESOP Trusts
|
|
|
(75)
|
75
|
|
|
–
|
||||||||||||
|
Share-based
incentive plans
|
|
|
103
|
|
103
|
|
103
|
||||||||||||
|
At 31
March 2025
|
1,349
|
3,484
|
8,307
|
1,017
|
14,157
|
(503)
|
13,654
|
||||||||||||
(*) Includes shares committed to repurchase under irrevocable
contracts and repurchases subject to settlement at the end of the
period.
|
|
|
Cash flow statement three
months ended 31 March 2026
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
Profit after tax
|
1,839
|
|
1,772
|
|
Tax on
profits
|
305
|
|
336
|
|
Share
of after tax loss/(profit) of associates and joint
ventures
|
4
|
|
–
|
|
Net
finance expense
|
145
|
|
108
|
|
Depreciation,
amortisation and other adjusting items
|
463
|
|
823
|
|
(Increase)/decrease
in working capital
|
(1,082)
|
|
(788)
|
|
Contingent
consideration paid
|
(375)
|
|
(338)
|
|
Increase/(decrease)
in other net liabilities (excluding contingent consideration
paid)
|
51
|
|
(612)
|
|
Cash generated from operations
|
1,350
|
|
1,301
|
|
Taxation
paid
|
(209)
|
|
(156)
|
|
Total net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating
activities
|
1,141
|
|
1,145
|
|
Cash flow from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property, plant and equipment
|
(221)
|
|
(208)
|
|
Proceeds
from sale of property, plant and equipment
|
27
|
|
1
|
|
Purchase
of intangible assets
|
(222)
|
|
(240)
|
|
Proceeds
from sale of intangible assets
|
62
|
|
76
|
|
Purchase
of equity investments
|
(6)
|
|
(22)
|
|
Proceeds
from sale of equity investments
|
3
|
|
–
|
|
Purchase
of businesses, net of cash acquired
|
(1,404)
|
|
(800)
|
|
Contingent
consideration paid
|
(4)
|
|
(3)
|
|
Disposal
of businesses
|
245
|
|
(1)
|
|
Interest
received
|
45
|
|
53
|
|
(Increase)/decrease
in liquid investments
|
9
|
|
–
|
|
Total net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing
activities
|
(1,466)
|
|
(1,144)
|
|
Cash flow from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
Issue
of share capital
|
8
|
|
12
|
|
Issue
of long-term notes
|
–
|
|
2,018
|
|
Net
increase/(decrease) in short-term loans
|
1,196
|
|
–
|
|
Increase
in other short-term loans
|
6
|
|
59
|
|
Repayment
of other short-term loans
|
(20)
|
|
(159)
|
|
Repayment
of lease liabilities
|
(53)
|
|
(57)
|
|
Interest
paid
|
(85)
|
|
(69)
|
|
Dividends
paid to shareholders
|
(643)
|
|
(612)
|
|
Purchase
of treasury shares
|
(326)
|
|
(247)
|
|
Dividend
distributions to non-controlling interests
|
(115)
|
|
(58)
|
|
Other
distributions to non-controlling interest
|
(1,399)
|
|
–
|
|
Contributions
from non-controlling interests
|
1,586
|
|
–
|
|
Other
financing items
|
117
|
|
(29)
|
|
Total net cash inflow/(outflow) from financing
activities
|
272
|
|
858
|
|
Increase/(decrease) in cash and bank overdrafts in the
period
|
(53)
|
|
859
|
|
Cash
and bank overdrafts at beginning of the period
|
3,207
|
|
3,403
|
|
Adjustment
on initial application of amendments to IFRS 9 on 1 January
2026(1)
|
43
|
|
–
|
|
Cash
and bank overdrafts at beginning of the period, as
adjusted
|
3,250
|
|
3,403
|
|
Exchange
adjustments
|
2
|
|
(11)
|
|
Increase/(decrease)
in cash and bank overdrafts in the period
|
(53)
|
|
859
|
|
Cash and bank overdrafts at end of the period
|
3,199
|
|
4,251
|
|
Cash
and bank overdrafts at end of period comprise:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
3,442
|
|
4,464
|
|
Overdrafts
|
(243)
|
|
(213)
|
|
|
3,199
|
|
4,251
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) For further details see page
30
|
|
|
|
Specialty Medicines turnover – three months ended 31 March
2026
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
US
|
|
Europe
|
|
International
|
||||||||
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
||||
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
HIV
|
1,824
|
6
|
10
|
|
1,220
|
8
|
15
|
|
399
|
7
|
2
|
|
205
|
(1)
|
–
|
|
Dolutegravir
products
|
1,295
|
1
|
4
|
|
769
|
(1)
|
6
|
|
340
|
5
|
–
|
|
186
|
(3)
|
1
|
|
Dovato
|
666
|
17
|
20
|
|
357
|
16
|
24
|
|
222
|
17
|
12
|
|
87
|
18
|
22
|
|
Juluca
|
146
|
(8)
|
(3)
|
|
114
|
(8)
|
(2)
|
|
30
|
(3)
|
(10)
|
|
2
|
(33)
|
–
|
|
Tivicay
|
311
|
(1)
|
2
|
|
178
|
2
|
9
|
|
57
|
(2)
|
(5)
|
|
76
|
(7)
|
(6)
|
|
Triumeq
|
172
|
(30)
|
(27)
|
|
120
|
(29)
|
(24)
|
|
31
|
(31)
|
(36)
|
|
21
|
(36)
|
(27)
|
|
Long
Acting Injectables
|
488
|
27
|
34
|
|
417
|
28
|
36
|
|
56
|
22
|
17
|
|
15
|
50
|
50
|
|
Apretude
|
120
|
35
|
44
|
|
117
|
34
|
44
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
3
|
50
|
50
|
|
Cabenuva
|
368
|
25
|
31
|
|
300
|
25
|
33
|
|
56
|
22
|
17
|
|
12
|
50
|
50
|
|
Other
|
41
|
(5)
|
(2)
|
|
34
|
3
|
18
|
|
3
|
(25)
|
–
|
|
4
|
(33)
|
>(100)
|
|
Respiratory,
Immunology & Inflammation
|
890
|
11
|
16
|
|
534
|
7
|
15
|
|
176
|
17
|
11
|
|
180
|
15
|
22
|
|
Benlysta
|
384
|
7
|
13
|
|
302
|
6
|
14
|
|
37
|
19
|
13
|
|
45
|
2
|
9
|
|
Exdensur
|
11
|
–
|
–
|
|
9
|
–
|
–
|
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
|
Nucala
|
484
|
9
|
12
|
|
222
|
4
|
11
|
|
141
|
13
|
7
|
|
121
|
14
|
21
|
|
Other
|
11
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
1
|
>100
|
>(100)
|
|
(3)
|
50
|
50
|
|
13
|
86
|
>100
|
|
Oncology
|
512
|
23
|
28
|
|
335
|
15
|
23
|
|
126
|
31
|
25
|
|
51
|
89
|
100
|
|
Blenrep
|
23
|
–
|
–
|
|
14
|
–
|
–
|
|
8
|
–
|
–
|
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
|
Jemperli
|
232
|
33
|
40
|
|
177
|
29
|
38
|
|
35
|
30
|
22
|
|
20
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
Ojjaara/Omjjara
|
144
|
29
|
34
|
|
94
|
–
|
6
|
|
36
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
14
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
Zejula
|
114
|
(13)
|
(11)
|
|
51
|
(18)
|
(13)
|
|
49
|
(12)
|
(16)
|
|
14
|
8
|
15
|
|
Other
|
(1)
|
50
|
50
|
|
(1)
|
–
|
100
|
|
(2)
|
(100)
|
(100)
|
|
2
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
Specialty Medicines
|
3,226
|
10
|
14
|
|
2,089
|
9
|
16
|
|
701
|
13
|
8
|
|
436
|
11
|
16
|
Vaccines turnover – three months ended 31 March
2026
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
US
|
|
Europe
|
|
International
|
||||||||
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
||||
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
Shingles
|
1,026
|
18
|
20
|
|
389
|
5
|
12
|
|
461
|
58
|
51
|
|
176
|
(14)
|
(10)
|
|
Shingrix
|
1,026
|
18
|
20
|
|
389
|
5
|
12
|
|
461
|
58
|
51
|
|
176
|
(14)
|
(10)
|
|
Meningitis
|
335
|
(4)
|
(3)
|
|
105
|
(14)
|
(7)
|
|
156
|
13
|
8
|
|
74
|
(18)
|
(16)
|
|
Bexsero
|
263
|
5
|
5
|
|
56
|
(20)
|
(14)
|
|
154
|
14
|
9
|
|
53
|
15
|
22
|
|
Menveo
|
65
|
(27)
|
(25)
|
|
43
|
(17)
|
(12)
|
|
2
|
–
|
–
|
|
20
|
(43)
|
(46)
|
|
Penmenvy
|
6
|
–
|
–
|
|
6
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
Other
|
1
|
(90)
|
(90)
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
(100)
|
>(100)
|
|
1
|
(89)
|
(89)
|
|
RSV
|
65
|
(17)
|
(18)
|
|
18
|
(67)
|
(64)
|
|
43
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
4
|
–
|
(25)
|
|
Arexvy
|
65
|
(17)
|
(18)
|
|
18
|
(67)
|
(64)
|
|
43
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
4
|
–
|
(25)
|
|
Influenza
|
10
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
4
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
6
|
20
|
20
|
|
Fluarix, FluLaval
|
10
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
4
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
6
|
20
|
20
|
|
Other
Paediatric & Adult Vaccines
|
713
|
(11)
|
(9)
|
|
299
|
(13)
|
(7)
|
|
197
|
18
|
13
|
|
217
|
(25)
|
(23)
|
|
Boostrix
|
138
|
(9)
|
(7)
|
|
75
|
(15)
|
(9)
|
|
37
|
6
|
3
|
|
26
|
(7)
|
(11)
|
|
Hepatitis
|
155
|
(9)
|
(7)
|
|
70
|
(24)
|
(18)
|
|
56
|
22
|
17
|
|
29
|
(9)
|
(9)
|
|
Infanrix, Pediarix
|
122
|
(16)
|
(12)
|
|
70
|
(15)
|
(10)
|
|
28
|
–
|
(4)
|
|
24
|
(31)
|
(23)
|
|
Priorix, Priorix Tetra, Varilrix
|
90
|
(6)
|
(4)
|
|
22
|
(4)
|
–
|
|
38
|
31
|
24
|
|
30
|
(32)
|
(25)
|
|
Rotarix
|
140
|
(1)
|
2
|
|
57
|
6
|
13
|
|
30
|
(6)
|
(9)
|
|
53
|
(4)
|
(2)
|
|
Other
|
68
|
(29)
|
(30)
|
|
5
|
25
|
25
|
|
8
|
>100
|
>100
|
|
55
|
(42)
|
(42)
|
|
Vaccines
|
2,149
|
3
|
4
|
|
815
|
(8)
|
(2)
|
|
857
|
39
|
33
|
|
477
|
(19)
|
(17)
|
General Medicines turnover – three months ended 31 March
2026
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
US
|
|
Europe
|
|
International
|
||||||||
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
||||
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
Respiratory
|
1,594
|
(7)
|
(4)
|
|
792
|
(11)
|
(5)
|
|
358
|
–
|
(4)
|
|
444
|
(5)
|
(2)
|
|
Anoro Ellipta
|
128
|
1
|
2
|
|
41
|
(13)
|
(6)
|
|
64
|
14
|
9
|
|
23
|
(4)
|
–
|
|
Flixotide/Flovent
|
128
|
29
|
35
|
|
93
|
52
|
64
|
|
17
|
(6)
|
(11)
|
|
18
|
(10)
|
(10)
|
|
Relvar/Breo Ellipta
|
230
|
(13)
|
(12)
|
|
71
|
(30)
|
(26)
|
|
89
|
(3)
|
(8)
|
|
70
|
(3)
|
3
|
|
Seretide/Advair
|
188
|
(13)
|
(11)
|
|
55
|
(2)
|
5
|
|
44
|
(12)
|
(14)
|
|
89
|
(19)
|
(17)
|
|
Trelegy Ellipta
|
646
|
(4)
|
–
|
|
437
|
(9)
|
(3)
|
|
90
|
8
|
5
|
|
119
|
5
|
11
|
|
Ventolin
|
144
|
(22)
|
(19)
|
|
66
|
(39)
|
(34)
|
|
28
|
(7)
|
(10)
|
|
50
|
6
|
9
|
|
Other
Respiratory
|
130
|
(9)
|
(8)
|
|
29
|
(17)
|
(11)
|
|
26
|
(7)
|
(11)
|
|
75
|
(6)
|
(5)
|
|
Other
General Medicines
|
660
|
(15)
|
(12)
|
|
41
|
(25)
|
(22)
|
|
167
|
6
|
1
|
|
452
|
(20)
|
(15)
|
|
Blujepa
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
|
Other
General Medicines
|
659
|
(15)
|
(12)
|
|
40
|
(27)
|
(24)
|
|
167
|
6
|
1
|
|
452
|
(20)
|
(15)
|
|
General Medicines
|
2,254
|
(9)
|
(6)
|
|
833
|
(12)
|
(6)
|
|
525
|
2
|
(2)
|
|
896
|
(13)
|
(9)
|
Commercial Operations turnover
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
US
|
|
Europe
|
|
International
|
||||||||
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
|
|
Growth
|
||||
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
£m
|
AER%
|
CER%
|
|
Three months ended 31 March 2026
|
7,629
|
2
|
5
|
|
3,737
|
–
|
6
|
|
2,083
|
19
|
14
|
|
1,809
|
(10)
|
(6)
|
Segment information
Operating
segments are reported based on the financial information provided
to the Chief Executive Officer, who is the Chief Operating Decision
Maker, as well as based on the responsibilities of the Executive
Committee. GSK reports results under two segments: Commercial
Operations and Total R&D. The Group reviews its assessment of
reportable segments on an ongoing basis.
Adjusting
items reconciling segment profit and operating profit comprise
items not specifically allocated to segment profit. Details of
adjusting items can be found on page 15.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Turnover by segment
|
|||||||||
|
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
Growth
AER%
|
Growth
CER%
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Commercial
Operations (total turnover)
|
7,629
|
|
7,516
|
|
2
|
5
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Operating profit by segment
|
|||||||||
|
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
Growth
AER%
|
Growth
CER%
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Commercial
Operations
|
4,152
|
|
3,919
|
|
6
|
10
|
|||
|
Research
and Development
|
(1,428)
|
|
(1,353)
|
|
6
|
9
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Segment
profit
|
2,724
|
|
2,566
|
|
6
|
10
|
|||
|
Corporate
and other unallocated costs
|
(74)
|
|
(33)
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Core
operating profit
|
2,650
|
|
2,533
|
|
5
|
10
|
|||
|
Adjusting
items
|
(357)
|
|
(317)
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Total
operating profit
|
2,293
|
|
2,216
|
|
3
|
9
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Finance
income
|
22
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Finance
costs
|
(167)
|
|
(162)
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Share
of after tax profit/(loss) of associates and joint
ventures
|
(4)
|
|
–
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Profit
before taxation
|
2,144
|
|
2,108
|
|
2
|
8
|
|||
Commercial
Operations Core operating profit of £4,152 million increased
in the quarter driven by higher turnover, favourable product and
regional mix and higher royalty income, partly offset by increased
investment in new asset launches.
The
R&D segment operating expense of £1,428 million grew in
the quarter primarily reflecting progression across the portfolio.
In Oncology, this included acceleration in work on ADCs Ris-Rez and
Mo-Rez, and velzatinib acquired in Q1 2025. In Specialty Medicines,
increased investment was driven by efimosfermin in Q3 2025 and
depemokimab COPD indication, as well as progression of ULA
treatment and PrEP programmes, notably 3x yearly and twice-yearly.
Growth was partly offset by lower spend on bepirovirsen which was
filed in the quarter. Investment also increased on clinical trial
programmes associated with mRNA seasonal flu vaccines and adult
pneumococcal MAPS.
Legal
matters
The
Group is involved in significant legal and administrative
proceedings, principally product liability, intellectual property,
tax, anti-trust, consumer fraud and governmental investigations,
which are more fully described in the ‘Legal
Proceedings’ note in the Annual Report 2025. At 31 March
2026, the Group’s aggregate provision for legal and other
disputes (not including tax matters described on pages and 6 and 7)
was £227 million (31 December 2025: £210
million).
The
Group may become involved in significant legal proceedings in
respect of which it is not possible to meaningfully assess whether
the outcome will result in a probable outflow, or to quantify or
reliably estimate the liability, if any, that could result from
ultimate resolution of the proceedings. In these cases, the Group
would provide appropriate disclosures about such cases, but no
provision would be made.
The
ultimate liability for legal claims may vary from the amounts
provided and is dependent upon the outcome of litigation
proceedings, investigations and possible settlement negotiations.
The Group’s position could change over time, and, therefore,
there can be no assurance that any losses that result from the
outcome of any legal proceedings will not exceed by a material
amount the amount of the provisions reported in the Group’s
financial accounts.
Significant
legal developments since the date of the Annual Report
2025:
Product Liability
Zantac
In
Delaware, following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the lower
court’s decision on admissibility of expert opinions, the
defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs filed a
motion to allow supplemental expert disclosures. A hearing on both
motions was held on 23 October 2025. On 1 December 2025, the
Delaware Superior Court issued its ruling denying Plaintiffs’
motion for supplemental expert disclosures. The Superior Court
requested additional summary judgment briefing as to which
Plaintiffs should be bound by that ruling. Briefing on that issue
concluded on 30 January 2026. On 13 April 2026, the Superior Court
issued its decision granting summary judgment as to all cases filed
on or before 1 December 2025, as Plaintiffs have not demonstrated
general causation, which is a required element of each of
Plaintiffs’ cases.
This
ruling means that GSK has no further cases pending in
Delaware.
On 4
March 2026, the court granted GSK’s motion to dismiss the
Zantac securities class
action lawsuit, finding that Plaintiffs’ claims were barred
by the statute of limitations and dismissed the case with
prejudice. Plaintiffs did not file an appeal. This matter is now
concluded.
Sales and marketing and regulation
Flovent – Arizona
Attorney General
On 25
March 2026, the court issued a ruling granting GSK’s motion
to dismiss with prejudice. The State has indicated it will not seek
an appeal. This matter is now concluded.
Commercial and corporate
Tesaro, Inc. v. AnaptysBio
On 24
April 2026, the Delaware Chancery Court granted the motion to
dismiss filed by AnaptysBio against Tesaro’s claim for
anticipatory breach of contract. The court’s ruling does not
address the merits of the principal contractual dispute between the
parties and has no impact on Tesaro’s remaining claim against
AnaptysBio for declaratory judgment. Trial remains scheduled for
14-17 July 2026.
Intellectual Property
Breo Ellipta
On 8
April 2026, the court issued an amended scheduling order,
rescheduling the trial from 2 November 2026 to 20 September
2027.
Trelegy Ellipta
On 22
January 2026, GSK received a paragraph IV letter from Transpire
relating to Trelegy
Ellipta. On 6 March 2026, GSK filed suit in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Florida asserting
infringement of the five Orange Book listed patents by
Transpire’s proposed generic version of Trelegy Ellipta. Transpire’s
answer to the complaint is due 11 May 2026. A case schedule has not
yet been set.
Returns to shareholders
Quarterly dividends
The
Board has declared a first interim dividend for Q1 2026 of 17p per
share (Q1 2025: 16p per share).
Dividends
remain an essential component of total shareholder return and GSK
recognises the importance of dividends to shareholders. On 23 June
2021, at the GSK Investor Update, GSK set out that from 2022 a
progressive dividend policy will be implemented guided by a 40 to
60 per cent pay-out ratio through the investment cycle. Consistent
with this, GSK has declared a dividend of 17p per share for Q1
2026. The expected dividend for 2026 is 70p per share. In setting
its dividend policy, GSK considers the capital allocation
priorities of the Group and its investment strategy for growth
alongside the sustainability of the dividend.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend dates
|
Ex-dividend date
(Ordinary shares)
|
Ex-dividend date
(ADRs)
|
Record date
|
Payment date
|
|
Q1
2026
|
14 May
2026
|
15 May
2026
|
15 May
2026
|
9 July
2026
|
Ordinary
shareholders may participate in the dividend reinvestment plan
(DRIP). The last date for DRIP elections is 18 June 2026. The
equivalent interim dividend receivable by ADR holders will be
calculated based on the exchange rate on 7 July 2026. An annual fee
of $0.03 per ADS (or $0.0075 per ADS per quarter) is charged by the
Depositary.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid/
Payable
|
Pence
per
share
|
£m
|
|
2026
|
|
|
|
|
First
interim
|
9 July
2026
|
17
|
684
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2025
|
|
|
|
|
First
interim
|
10 July
2025
|
16
|
650
|
|
Second
interim
|
9
October 2025
|
16
|
646
|
|
Third
interim
|
8
January 2026
|
16
|
643
|
|
Fourth
interim
|
9 April
2026
|
18
|
726
|
|
|
|
66
|
2,665
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share capital in issue
At 31
March 2026, 4,020 million shares (Q1 2025: 4,085 million) were in
free issue (excluding Treasury shares and shares held by the ESOP
Trusts). The Company issued 0.7 million shares in the quarter (Q1
2025: 0.9 million) under employee share schemes in the year for net
proceeds of £8 million (Q1 2025: £12
million).
On 5
February 2025, GSK announced a £2 billion share buyback
programme to be completed over an 18 month period. As at 31 March
2026, a total of 109 million shares have been repurchased since the
share buyback programme was initiated and are being held as
Treasury shares, at a cost of £1,716 million (Q1 2025:
£273 million) including transaction costs of £9.5 million
(Q1 2025: £1 million).
The
cost of shares repurchased in Q1 2026 was £340 million (Q1
2025: £273 million) including transaction costs of £2
million (Q1 2025: £1 million). This includes 340,000 shares
purchased on 30 March 2026 and 340,000 shares purchased on 31 March
2026, as announced via RNS. The settlement cost of these shares was
£14 million.
At 31
March 2026, the Company held 256 million Treasury shares at a cost
of £4,285 million, of which 147 million shares at a cost of
£2,571 million were repurchased as part of previous share
buyback programmes, which has been deducted from retained
earnings.
At 31
March 2026, the ESOP Trusts held 39.8 million shares, of which 39.2
million were held for the future exercise of share options and
share awards and 0.6 million were held for the Executive
Supplemental Savings plan. The carrying amount of
£226 million has been deducted from other reserves.
The market value of these shares was £821
million.
Weighted average number of shares
The
numbers of shares used in calculating basic and diluted earnings
per share are reconciled below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1 2026
millions
|
|
Q1
2025
millions
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares – basic
|
4,023
|
|
4,088
|
|
Dilutive
effect of share options and share awards
|
51
|
|
49
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares – diluted
|
4,074
|
|
4,137
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional information
Accounting policies and basis of preparation
This
unaudited Results Announcement contains condensed financial
information for the three months ended 31 March 2026 and should be
read in conjunction with the Annual Report 2025, which was prepared
in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards in
conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and the
IFRS Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting
Standards Board (IASB). This Results Announcement has been prepared
applying consistent accounting policies to those applied by the
Group in the Annual Report 2025, except for the adoption of the
amended IFRS Accounting Standard as set out below. Other minor
amendments to IFRS Accounting Standards which were effective from 1
January 2026 did not have a material impact on the Group accounting
policies or Group financial statements.
●
Amendments to the Classification and
Measurement of Financial Instruments - Amendments to IFRS 9
and IFRS 7: the amendments to IFRS 9 ‘Financial
Instruments’, clarify the timing of recognition and
derecognition of a financial asset or financial liability, with a
permitted exception relating to a financial liability paid through
an electronic payment system which may be derecognised at its
settlement date where specific conditions are met. GSK has adopted
these new requirements for the reporting period beginning on 1
January 2026 and elected to derecognise financial liabilities paid
through an electronic payment system when the required conditions
have been met. The impact on the Group’s financial statements
on transition as at 1 January 2026 is disclosed below and primarily
relates to cheques which were issued but had not yet cleared from
the bank account before the transition date. As permitted under the
transition requirements, the Group has elected not to restate the
comparative information to reflect the application of these
amendments.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at
1 January 2026
£m
|
Adjustment on initial application of amendments to
IFRS 9 and IFRS 7
£m
|
As at
1 January 2026
as adjusted
£m
|
|
Trade
and other payables
|
(15,381)
|
(43)
|
(15,424)
|
|
Bank
overdrafts (within short-term borrowings)
|
(190)
|
29
|
(161)
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
3,397
|
14
|
3,411
|
The
Group has not identified any changes to its key sources of
accounting judgements or estimations of uncertainty compared with
those disclosed in the Annual Report 2025.
This
Results Announcement does not constitute statutory accounts of the
Group within the meaning of sections 434(3) and 435(3) of the
Companies Act 2006. The full Group accounts for 2025 were published
in the Annual Report 2025, which has been delivered to the
Registrar of Companies and on which the report of the independent
auditor was unqualified and did not contain a statement under
section 498 of the Companies Act 2006.
Contingent liabilities
There
were contingent liabilities at 31 March 2026 in respect of
arrangements entered into as part of the ordinary course of the
Group’s business. No material losses are expected to arise
from such contingent liabilities. Provision is made for the outcome
of legal and tax disputes where it is both probable that the Group
will suffer an outflow of funds and it is possible to make a
reliable estimate of that outflow. Descriptions of the significant
legal disputes to which the Group is a party are set out on page
28, and pages 269 to 272 of the 2025 Annual Report.
Net assets
The
book value of net assets increased by £1,466 million from
£15,956 million at 31 December 2025 to £17,422 million at
31 March 2026. This primarily reflected contribution from Total
comprehensive income for the period and the special dividend from
the ViiV Healthcare shareholding restructure, partly offset by
dividends paid to shareholders, shares repurchased under the share
buyback programme and associated transaction costs.
At 31
March 2026, the net surplus on the Group’s pension plans was
£303 million compared with a net surplus of £229 million
at 31 December 2025. This movement was primarily driven by an
increase in the UK discount rate from 5.5% to 6.1%, which was
partially offset by an increase to the UK inflation rate from 2.7%
to 3.1%.
Other
payables include £111 million related to shares still to be
purchased as part of the fourth tranche of the 2025 share buyback
programme, £14 million for shares purchased but not settled at
31 March 2026, and £0.3 million of transaction
costs.
The
estimated present value of the potential redemption amount of the
Pfizer put option related to ViiV Healthcare, recorded in Other
payables in Current liabilities, was £nil (31 December 2025:
£822 million). The liability was fully derecognised as Pfizer
has exited its shareholding in ViiV Healthcare.
Contingent
consideration amounted to £6,673 million at 31 March 2026 (31
December 2025: £6,733 million) as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group
31 March 2026
£m
|
|
Group
31
December 2025
£m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingent
consideration estimated present value of amounts payable relating
to:
|
|
|
|
|
Former
Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare joint venture
|
5,359
|
|
5,433
|
|
Former
Novartis Vaccines business acquisition
|
628
|
|
651
|
|
Affinivax
acquisition
|
225
|
|
219
|
|
Aiolos
acquisition
|
157
|
|
132
|
|
BP
Asset IX Inc acquisition
|
237
|
|
231
|
|
Others
|
67
|
|
67
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingent
consideration liability at end of the period
|
6,673
|
|
6,733
|
|
|
|
|
|
Of the
contingent consideration payable to Shionogi at 31 March 2026,
£1,242 million (31 December 2025: £1,194 million) is
expected to be paid within one year.
Movements
in contingent consideration are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Q1 2026
|
ViiV
Healthcare
£m
|
Group
£m
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Contingent
consideration at beginning of the period
|
5,433
|
6,733
|
|
||
|
Additions
|
–
|
–
|
|
||
|
Remeasurement
through income statement and other movements
|
288
|
319
|
|
||
|
Cash
payments: operating cash flows
|
(362)
|
(375)
|
|
||
|
Cash
payments: investing activities
|
–
|
(4)
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Contingent
consideration at end of the period
|
5,359
|
6,673
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Q1
2025
|
ViiV
Healthcare
£m
|
Group
£m
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Contingent
consideration at beginning of the period
|
6,061
|
7,280
|
|||
|
Additions
|
–
|
61
|
|||
|
Remeasurement
through income statement and other movements
|
39
|
29
|
|||
|
Cash
payments: operating cash flows
|
(331)
|
(338)
|
|||
|
Cash
payments: investing activities
|
–
|
(3)
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Contingent
consideration at end of the period
|
5,769
|
7,029
|
|||
|
|
|
|
Business acquisitions
On 3
March 2026, GSK completed the acquisition of 100% of the
outstanding equity of RAPT Therapeutics, Inc. ("RAPT") a
California-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated
to developing novel therapies for patients living with inflammatory
and immunologic diseases. The acquisition includes ozureprubart, a
long-acting anti-immunoglobulin E (IgE) monoclonal antibody,
currently in phase IIb clinical development for prophylactic
protection against food allergens.
Under
the terms of the agreement, GSK paid RAPT shareholders US$58.00 per
share at closing, for an aggregate payment of US$2.3
billion (£1.7 billion), including transaction fees. Net
of cash acquired, GSK's upfront investment was approximately US$1.9
billion (£1.4 billion).
The
transaction gives GSK the global rights to the ozureprubart
programme, excluding mainland China, Macau, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
GSK will also be responsible for success-based milestone and
royalty payments for ozureprubart owed to RAPT's partner, Shanghai
Jeyou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
During
the period to 31 March 2026, no sales arising from RAPT's business
were included in Group turnover and no revenue is expected until
regulatory approval is received on the acquired
assets.
GSK
continues to support the ongoing development of the acquired assets
and consequently these assets will be loss making until regulatory
approval on these assets is received. The impact on Total profit
after taxation for the period ended 31 March 2026 from this
acquisition was immaterial. The development of these assets will be
integrated into the Group’s existing R&D activities,
after which it will be impracticable to quantify these development
costs or the impact on Total profit after taxation.
The
initial acquisition accounting was reflected in the first quarter
of 2026 on a preliminary basis, the values below are provisional
and subject to change. The purchase price allocation is expected to
be completed by the end of Q4 2026.
Goodwill
of £190 million has been recognised. The goodwill represents
specific synergies available to GSK from the business combination.
The goodwill has been allocated to the Group’s Commercial
Operations and R&D segments. None of the goodwill is expected
to be deductible for tax purposes.
The
provisional fair values of the net assets acquired, including
goodwill, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
£m
|
|
Net
assets acquired:
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
assets
|
|
|
1,488
|
|
Property,
Plant & Equipment
|
|
|
1
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
|
282
|
|
Other
net liabilities
|
|
|
(14)
|
|
Deferred
tax liabilities
|
|
|
(262)
|
|
|
|
|
1,495
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
190
|
|
Total
consideration
|
|
|
1,685
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at
31 March 2026, the total consideration of £1.7 billion had
been paid in full.
|
|
|
Net
debt information
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of cash flow to movements in net debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
Total
Net debt at beginning of the period, as previously
published
|
(14,453)
|
|
(13,095)
|
|
Adjustment
on initial application of amendments to IFRS 9 on 1 January
2026
|
43
|
|
–
|
|
Total
Net debt at beginning of the period, as adjusted
|
(14,410)
|
|
(13,095)
|
|
Increase/(decrease)
in cash and bank overdrafts
|
(53)
|
|
859
|
|
Increase/(decrease)
in liquid investments
|
(9)
|
|
–
|
|
Issue
of long-term notes
|
–
|
|
(2,018)
|
|
Net
decrease/(increase) in short-term loans
|
(1,196)
|
|
–
|
|
Increase
in other short-term loans
|
(6)
|
|
(59)
|
|
Repayment
of other short-term loans
|
20
|
|
159
|
|
Repayment
of lease liabilities
|
53
|
|
57
|
|
Disposal
of lease liabilities related to assets held for sale
|
136
|
|
–
|
|
Net
debt of subsidiary undertakings acquired
|
(1)
|
|
(1)
|
|
Exchange
adjustments
|
(154)
|
|
187
|
|
Other
non-cash movements
|
7
|
|
(36)
|
|
Decrease/(increase)
in net debt
|
(1,203)
|
|
(852)
|
|
Total
Net debt at end of the period
|
(15,613)
|
|
(13,947)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net debt analysis
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 March 2026
£m
|
|
31
December 2025
£m
|
|
Liquid
investments
|
1
|
|
9
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
3,442
|
|
3,397
|
|
Short-term
borrowings
|
(5,044)
|
|
(3,012)
|
|
Long-term
borrowings
|
(14,012)
|
|
(14,708)
|
|
Liabilities
relating to assets held for sale
|
–
|
|
(139)
|
|
Total
Net debt at the end of the period
|
(15,613)
|
|
(14,453)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Free cash flow reconciliation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q1 2026
£m
|
|
Q1
2025
£m
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
|
1,141
|
|
1,145
|
|
Purchase
of property, plant and equipment
|
(221)
|
|
(208)
|
|
Proceeds
from sale of property, plant and equipment
|
27
|
|
1
|
|
Purchase
of intangible assets
|
(222)
|
|
(240)
|
|
Proceeds
from disposals of intangible assets
|
62
|
|
76
|
|
Net
finance costs
|
(40)
|
|
(16)
|
|
Contingent
consideration paid (reported in investing activities)
|
(4)
|
|
(3)
|
|
Dividend
distributions to non-controlling interests
|
(115)
|
|
(58)
|
|
Other
distributions to non-controlling interest
|
(1,399)
|
|
–
|
|
Contributions
from non-controlling interests
|
1,586
|
|
–
|
|
Free
cash inflow/(outflow)
|
815
|
|
697
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post balance sheet events
On 14
April 2026, GSK completed the acquisition of 35Pharma Inc., a
Canada-based, private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
specialised in the development of novel protein-based therapeutics.
The acquisition includes HS235, a potential best-in-class molecule
for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH). HS235 targets the
activin receptor signalling pathway, a clinically validated
therapeutic target in PH. GSK paid US$950 million for the
acquisition. The transaction was subject to customary conditions,
including applicable regulatory agency clearances under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act in the US and the Competition Act in Canada,
along with a filing under the Investment Canada Act. Given the
timing of the closure of the transaction, GSK expects to disclose
the provisional accounting for the acquisition in the Q2 2026
Results Announcement.
Related party transactions
There
were no material related party transactions entered into and there
have been no material changes to the related party transactions
disclosed on page 241 of the 2025 Annual Report.
|
|
|
R&D commentary
|
|
|
|
Pipeline overview
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medicines
and vaccines in phase III development (including major lifecycle
innovation or under regulatory review)
|
16
|
Respiratory, Immunology & Inflammation (6)
|
|
|
●
|
Benlysta (anti-B lymphocyte stimulator (Blys) mAb)
interstitial lung disease)
|
||
|
●
|
Exdensur (ultra long-acting anti-IL5 biologic), eosinophilic
granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), hyper-eosinophilic
syndrome (HES), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD)
|
||
|
●
|
Lynavoy (IBATi) cholestatic pruritus in primary biliary
cholangitis*
|
||
|
●
|
camlipixant
(P2X3 receptor antagonist) refractory chronic cough
|
||
|
●
|
efimosfermin
(FGF21 analog) metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
(MASH)
|
||
|
●
|
Ventolin (salbutamol, Beta 2 adrenergic receptor agonist)
asthma
|
||
|
Oncology (5)
|
|||
|
●
|
Blenrep (anti-BCMA ADC) multiple myeloma
|
||
|
●
|
Jemperli (anti-PD-1) 1L endometrial cancer, colon cancer,
rectal cancer (ph II registrational), head and neck
cancer
|
||
|
●
|
Zejula (PARP inhibitor), glioblastoma
|
||
|
●
|
risvutatug
rezetecan (B7-H3 ADC) 2L extensive-stage small cell lung
cancer
|
||
|
●
|
velzatinib
(KIT inhibitor) gastro-intestinal tumours
|
||
|
Infectious Diseases (5)
|
|||
|
●
|
Arexvy (RSV vaccine) RSV, adults 18 years of age and
above
|
||
|
●
|
bepirovirsen
(HBV ASO) chronic hepatitis B
|
||
|
●
|
Bexsero (meningococcal B vaccine) infants (US)
|
||
|
●
|
tebipenem
pivoxil (antibacterial carbapenem) complicated urinary tract
infection
|
||
|
●
|
GSK'116
(varicella vaccine) varicella new seed, individuals 12 months of
age and older
|
||
|
Total
medicines and vaccines in all phases of clinical
development
|
57
|
|
|
|
Total
projects in clinical development (inclusive of all phases and
indications)
|
76
|
|
|
*On 22
April 2026, GSK entered into a licence agreement under which
Alfasigma S.p.A. acquired worldwide exclusive rights to develop,
manufacture and commercialise Lynavoy (linerixibat).
Therapy area updates
The
following provides updates on key medicines and vaccines by therapy
area that will help drive growth for GSK to meet its future
outlooks.
Respiratory, Immunology & Inflammation
camlipixant (P2X3 receptor antagonist)
Camlipixant
(BLU-5937) is an investigational, highly selective oral P2X3
receptor antagonist, designed to target the hypersensitive nerves
that may be associated with refractory chronic cough (RCC).
Camlipixant is currently in development as a potential first-line
treatment of adult patients suffering from RCC. The CALM phase III
development programme to evaluate the efficacy and safety of
camlipixant for use in adults with RCC is ongoing, including the
open-label extensions of CALM-1 and CALM-2.
Key
phase III trials for camlipixant:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
|
CALM-1
(refractory chronic cough)
NCT05599191
|
III
|
A
52-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm
efficacy and safety trial with open-label extension of camlipixant
in adult participants with refractory chronic cough, including
unexplained chronic cough
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2022
|
Completed,
(open label extension ongoing).
|
|
CALM-2
(refractory chronic cough)
NCT05600777
|
III
|
A
24-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm
efficacy and safety trial with open-label extension of camlipixant
in adult participants with refractory chronic cough, including
unexplained chronic cough
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2023
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
efimosfermin (FGF21 analog)
Efimosfermin
(GSK6519754) is an investigational, once-monthly subcutaneous
injection of a long-acting variant of FGF21, designed to regulate
key metabolic pathways to decrease liver fat, ameliorate liver
inflammation, and reverse liver fibrosis in patients with metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).
Efimosfermin
has advanced to phase III development following the start of the
ZENITH trials. These trials are investigating its efficacy and
safety in patients with moderate and advanced fibrosis (F2 to F3)
caused by MASH.
In Q1
2026, efimosfermin was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by
the US FDA and Priority Medicines (PRIME) Designation by the
European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of MASH.
Breakthrough Designation is designed to expedite the development
and review of medicines for serious conditions, where preliminary
clinical evidence indicates potential for substantial improvement
over available therapy. PRIME designation provides scientific and
regulatory support for medicines that have the potential to address
significant unmet medical need.
Key
phase III trials for efimosfermin:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
|
ZENITH-1
(metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis)
NCT07221227
|
III
|
A phase
III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 3-arm study to
investigate the safety and efficacy of efimosfermin alfa in
participants with biopsy-confirmed F2- or F3-stage metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2025
|
Recruiting
|
|
ZENITH-2
(metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis)
NCT07221188
|
III
|
A phase
III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 3-arm study to
investigate the safety and tolerability of efimosfermin alfa in
participants with known or suspected F2- or F3-stage metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2025
|
Recruiting
|
Exdensur (depemokimab; ultra-long-acting
anti-IL5)
Exdensur (depemokimab) is the first and only
ultra-long-acting biologic to address severe asthma and chronic
rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). It is engineered to have
an extended half-life and high binding affinity and potency for
IL-5, enabling twice-yearly dosing.
In Q1,
GSK announced the approval of Exdensur for the treatment of severe
asthma and CRSwNP in both the EU and China. Exdensur has also been approved in the
US for the treatment of severe asthma, as well as in Japan and the
UK for the treatment of severe asthma and CRSwNP.
Results
from the non-registrational, phase IIIb switch trial, NIMBLE, were
published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care
Medicine. The study evaluated patients with severe asthma, already
stable on mepolizumab or benralizumab for at least 12 months, who
were randomised to continue their biologic or switch to
depemokimab. While depemokimab did not show statistical
non-inferiority, most patients maintained disease control.
Exacerbation rates were low and symptom control/lung function were
maintained in all groups suggesting that most participants with
severe asthma on mepolizumab or benralizumab may safely switch to
twice-yearly depemokimab.
Depemokimab
is currently being evaluated in phase III trials for the treatment
of other diseases with underlying type 2 inflammation, including
OCEAN for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) and
DESTINY for hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES). GSK has also
initiated the ENDURA-1, ENDURA-2 and VIGILANT phase III trials
assessing the efficacy and safety of depemokimab as an add-on
therapy in patients with uncontrolled moderate to severe COPD with
type 2 inflammation.
Key
phase III trials for depemokimab:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
||||
|
SWIFT-1
(severe asthma)
NCT04719832
|
III
|
A
52-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled,
parallel-group, multi-centre trial of the efficacy and safety of
depemokimab adjunctive therapy in adult and adolescent participants
with severe uncontrolled asthma with an eosinophilic
phenotype
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2021
Data
reported:
Q2
2024
|
Completed;
primary endpoint met
|
||||
|
SWIFT-2
(severe asthma)
NCT04718103
|
III
|
A
52-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled,
parallel-group, multi-centre trial of the efficacy and safety of
depemokimab adjunctive therapy in adult and adolescent participants
with severe uncontrolled asthma with an eosinophilic
phenotype
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2021
Data
reported:
Q2
2024
|
Completed;
primary endpoint met
|
||||
|
AGILE
(severe asthma)
NCT05243680
|
III
(exten-
sion)
|
A
52-week, open label extension phase of SWIFT-1 and SWIFT-2 to
assess the long-term safety and efficacy of depemokimab adjunctive
therapy in adult and adolescent participants with severe
uncontrolled asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2022
Data
reported:
Q2
2025
|
Completed,
primary endpoint met
|
||||
|
NIMBLE
(severe asthma)
NCT04718389
|
IIIb
non-registrational, switch study
|
A
52-week, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group,
multi-centre, non-inferiority trial assessing exacerbation rate,
additional measures of asthma control and safety in adult and
adolescent severe asthmatic participants with an eosinophilic
phenotype when switched to depemokimab from treatment with
mepolizumab or benralizumab
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2021
Data
reported: Q1 2026
|
Completed,
non-inferiority threshold not met
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Key
phase III trials for depemokimab continued:
|
|
|
||||||
|
ANCHOR-1
(CRSwNP)
NCT05274750
|
III
|
A
52-week randomised, double-blind, parallel group phase III study to
assess the efficacy and safety of 100 mg SC depemokimab in patients
with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP)
|
Trial
start:
Q2
2022
Data
reported: Q3 2024
|
Completed,
coprimary endpoints met
|
||||
|
ANCHOR-2
(CRSwNP)
NCT05281523
|
III
|
A
52-week randomised, double-blind, parallel group phase III study to
assess the efficacy and safety of 100 mg SC depemokimab in patients
with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP)
|
Trial
start:
Q2
2022
Data
reported:
Q3
2024
|
Completed;
coprimary endpoints met
|
||||
|
OCEAN
(EGPA)
NCT05263934
|
III
|
A
52-week, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group,
multi-centre, non-inferiority study to investigate the efficacy and
safety of depemokimab compared with mepolizumab in adults with
relapsing or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with
polyangiitis (EGPA) receiving standard of care therapy
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2022
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
||||
|
DESTINY
(HES)
NCT05334368
|
III
|
A
52-week, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel
group, multicentre trial of depemokimab in adults with uncontrolled
HES receiving standard of care therapy
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2022
|
Recruiting
|
||||
|
ENDURA-1
(COPD)
NCT06959095
|
III
|
A
randomised, double-blind, placebo- controlled, parallel-group,
multicenter study of the efficacy and safety of depemokimab in
adult participants with COPD with type 2 inflammation
|
Trial
start:
Q2
2025
|
Recruiting
|
||||
|
ENDURA-2
(COPD)
NCT06961214
|
III
|
A
randomised, double-blind, placebo- controlled, parallel-group,
multicenter study of the efficacy and safety of depemokimab in
adult participants with COPD with type 2 inflammation
|
Trial
start:
Q2
2025
|
Recruiting
|
||||
|
VIGILANT
(COPD)
NCT07177339
|
III
|
A
randomised, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study
of the efficacy and safety of early depemokimab initiation as
add-on treatment in COPD patients with type 2
inflammation
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2025
|
Recruiting
|
||||
Nucala (mepolizumab)
Nucala is a first in class anti-IL-5 biologic and the only
treatment approved in the US for use across five diseases with
underlying type 2 inflammation: severe asthma with an eosinophilic
phenotype, EGPA, HES, CRSwNP and COPD.
In Q1,
Nucala was approved in the
EU as an add-on maintenance treatment for uncontrolled patients
with COPD characterised by raised blood eosinophils.
Key
phase III trials for Nucala:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
|
MATINEE
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD)
NCT04133909
|
III
|
A
multicentre randomised, double-blind, parallel-group,
placebo-controlled trial of mepolizumab 100 mg subcutaneously as
add-on treatment in participants with COPD experiencing frequent
exacerbations and characterised by eosinophil levels
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2019
Data
reported:
Q3
2024
|
Completed;
primary endpoint met
|
Oncology
Blenrep (belantamab
mafodotin)
In
April 2026, Blenrep was
approved by the National Medical Products Administration of China
for the treatment of 2L+ relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma in
combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone based on the DREAMM-7
trial. Blenrep in
combination is also approved in 3L+ relapsed or refractory multiple
myeloma in the US based on DREAMM-7 results and has received more
than 15 regulatory approvals in the 2L+ setting based on both
DREAMM-7 and DREAMM-8, including in the EU, UK, Japan, Canada,
Switzerland, Brazil and Australia. Additional applications are
under review globally.
GSK is
advancing the DREAMM (DRiving Excellence in Approaches to Multiple
Myeloma) clinical development programme to demonstrate Blenrep’s potential benefit in
earlier lines of treatment. This includes DREAMM-10, a phase III
trial in newly diagnosed transplant-ineligible patients, which
represent over 70% of patients starting multiple myeloma
therapy.
Key
phase III trials for Blenrep:
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
||||
|
DREAMM-7
(2L+ multiple myeloma; MM)
NCT04246047
|
III
|
A
multi-centre, open-label, randomised trial to evaluate the efficacy
and safety of the combination of belantamab mafodotin, bortezomib,
and dexamethasone (B-Vd) compared with the combination of
daratumumab, bortezomib and dexamethasone (D-Vd) in participants
with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma
|
Trial
start:
Q2
2020
Primary
data reported:
Q4 2023
|
Active,
not recruiting; primary endpoint met
|
||||
|
Key
phase III trials for Blenrep continued:
|
||||||||
|
DREAMM-8
(2L+ MM)
NCT04484623
|
III
|
A
multi-centre, open-label, randomised trial to evaluate the efficacy
and safety of belantamab mafodotin in combination with pomalidomide
and dexamethasone (B-Pd) versus pomalidomide plus bortezomib and
dexamethasone (P-Vd) in participants with relapsed/refractory
multiple myeloma
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2020
Primary
data reported:
Q1
2024
|
Active,
not recruiting, primary endpoint met
|
||||
|
DREAMM-10
(1L MM)
NCT06679101
|
III
|
A
multi-centre, open-label, randomised trial to evaluate the efficacy
and safety of belantamab mafodotin, lenalidomide and dexamethasone
(B-Rd) versus daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (D-Rd)
in participants with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are
ineligible for autologous stem cell transplantation
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2024
|
Recruiting
|
||||
Jemperli (dostarlimab)
Jemperli remains the foundation of GSK’s
immuno-oncology-based research and development programme. It is the
only approved immuno-oncology-based plus carboplatin-paclitaxel
(CP) treatment regimen to demonstrate a statistically significant
and clinically meaningful overall survival benefit vs. CP alone for
the first-line treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or
recurrent endometrial cancer irrespective of biomarker status.
Ongoing pivotal trials include those in the AZUR programme (colon /
rectal cancers), JADE (head and neck cancer), and DOMENICA
(supported-collaborative study with ARCAGY-GINECO in endometrial
cancer).
At the
SGO Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer in April 2026, GSK
presented four-year survival outcomes from the RUBY phase III trial
of Jemperli plus
chemotherapy in dMMR/MSI-H primary advanced or recurrent
endometrial cancer. These results showed profound and durable
long-term disease control, suggesting curative potential of adding
Jemperli to chemotherapy in
these patients. The data represent a significant advancement in the
treatment paradigm for dMMR/MSI-H primary advanced or recurrent
endometrial cancer, challenging historical prognosis for these
patients compared to chemotherapy alone.
Key
trials for Jemperli:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
|
RUBY
(1L stage III or IV endometrial cancer)
NCT03981796
|
III
|
A
randomised, double-blind, multi-centre trial of dostarlimab plus
carboplatin-paclitaxel with and without niraparib maintenance
versus placebo plus carboplatin-paclitaxel in patients with
recurrent or primary advanced endometrial cancer
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2019
Part 1
data reported:
Q4
2022
Part 2
data reported:
Q4
2023
|
Active,
not recruiting; primary endpoints met
|
|
GARNET
(advanced solid tumours)
NCT02715284
|
I/II
|
A
multi-centre, open-label, first-in-human trial evaluating
dostarlimab in participants with advanced solid tumours who have
limited available treatment options
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2016
Primary
data reported:
Q1
2019
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
|
AZUR-1
(stage II/III rectal cancer)
NCT05723562
|
II
|
A
single-arm, open-label trial with dostarlimab monotherapy in
participants with untreated stage II/III dMMR/MSI-H locally
advanced rectal cancer
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2023
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
|
AZUR-2
(untreated perioperative T4N0 or stage III colon
cancer)
NCT05855200
|
III
|
An
open-label, randomised trial of perioperative dostarlimab
monotherapy versus standard of care in participants with untreated
T4N0 or stage III dMMR/MSI-H resectable colon cancer
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2023
|
Recruiting
|
|
JADE
(locally advanced unresected head and neck cancer)
NCT06256588
|
III
|
A
randomised, double-blind, study to evaluate dostarlimab versus
placebo as sequential therapy after chemoradiation in participants
with locally advanced unresected head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2024
|
Recruiting
|
|
DOMENICA*
(relapsed or advanced dMMR endometrial cancer)
NCT05201547
*supported-collaborative
study with ARCAGY-GINECO
|
III
|
A
randomized, multicentre study to evaluate the efficacy and safety
of dostarlimab versus carboplatin-paclitaxel in patients with dMMR
relapsed or advanced endometrial cancer
|
Trial
start:
Q2
2022
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
Risvutatug rezetecan (Ris-Rez)
GSK is
advancing its B7H3-targeted antibody-drug conjugate, risvutatug
rezetecan (Ris-Rez) through the EMBOLD global development programme
across a range of solid tumours, including certain types of lung,
prostate and colorectal cancers.
In
March 2026, Ris-Rez received orphan drug designation (ODD) from
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the
treatment of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). The ODD was supported
by preliminary clinical data showing durable responses in patients
with extensive stage SCLC (ES-SCLC) who were treated with Ris-Rez
in the phase I ARTEMIS-001 clinical trial. It is the sixth
regulatory designation for Ris-Rez. Previously, the EMA granted ODD
for pulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma, a category of cancer that
includes SCLC and Priority Medicines (PRIME) Designation for
relapsed or refractory ES-SCLC. The US FDA previously granted ODD
and Breakthrough Therapy Designations for relapsed or refractory
ES-SCLC and Breakthrough Therapy Designation for relapsed or
refractory osteosarcoma.
In
April 2026, at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual
Meeting, GSK partner Hansoh presented data from the phase I
ARTEMIS-101 trial of Ris-Rez plus immuno-therapy in non-squamous
non-small cell lung cancer (nsqNSCLC) in patients without
actionable genomic alterations. As the first combination data
presented for Ris-Rez, these data inform GSK’s ongoing EMBOLD
clinical development programme, showing encouraging anti-tumour
activity and a manageable safety profile in this patient
population. GSK has begun enrolling patients with nsqNSCLC in its
phase I EMBOLD-PanTumour-101 trial.
Key
phase III trials for Ris-Rez:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
|
EMBOLD-SCLC-301
NCT07099898
|
III
|
A
multicenter, randomized, open-label study of risvutatug rezetecan
compared with topotecan in participants with relapsed small cell
lung cancer
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2025
|
Recruiting
|
HIV
As a
pioneer in long-acting injectables, ViiV Healthcare, majority owned
by GSK, is focused on the next-generation of HIV innovation with
integrase inhibitors (INSTIs), the gold standard for HIV regimens,
at the core. The HIV pipeline will continue to drive sustained
performance and the ongoing transition of the portfolio to
long-acting regimens.
In Q1,
data were presented at CROI 2026 for a range of assets which are
being evaluated for twice-yearly long-acting injectable treatment.
This included data for VH184 – the only third-generation
INSTI, with IP protection through to at least 2040 – showing
potential for six monthly dosing, with an enhanced resistance
profile compared to standard of care. Capsid inhibitor, VH499,
showed potential for six monthly dosing and the potential for fewer
drug-drug interactions. Data for bNAb lotivibart showed high
efficacy for four monthly dosing when combined with monthly
cabotegravir. Six monthly data are expected later in the
year.
For Q4M
treatment, the phase III CUATRO registrational study is on track
with an expected launch in 2028. For Q4M PrEP, the phase IIb
registrational EXTEND study data is progressing with data expected
in H2 2026 and launch in H1 2027.
Key HIV
trials:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
|
EXTEND
4M (HIV)
NCT06741397
|
II
|
Phase
IIb open label, single arm, repeat dose study to investigate the
safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of CAB ULA
administered intramuscularly every four months in participants at
risk of acquiring HIV-1.
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2024
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
|
EMBRACE
(HIV)
NCT05996471
|
IIb
|
The
study aims at evaluating the efficacy of VH3810109, dosed in
accordance with the dosing schedule as either intravenous (IV)
infusion or subcutaneous (SC) infusion with recombinant
hyaluronidase (rHuPH20), in combination with cabotegravir (CAB)
intramuscular (IM) dosed in accordance with the dosing schedule in
virologically suppressed, Antiretroviral therapy (ART)-experienced
adult participants living with HIV.
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2023
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
Infectious Diseases
Arexvy (respiratory
syncytial virus vaccine, adjuvanted)
GSK
continues to progress the life-cycle management of Arexvy, its Respiratory Syncytial Virus
(RSV) vaccine for adults, with expanded indications in new
populations and geographies.
The
vaccine is approved for the prevention of lower respiratory tract
disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in adults aged 60 years of age and
older in 70 countries. It is also approved for use in adults aged
50–59 at increased risk due to certain underlying medical
conditions in over 60 countries, including the US and Japan. In the
European Economic Area it is approved for adults aged 18 years and
older.
In
March, the US FDA approved an expanded indication to include adults
aged 18–49 at increased risk for LRTD caused by RSV.
Arexvy is not for use in
pregnant individuals. FDA review in immunocompromised adults aged
18 years and older is ongoing.
In
February, Arexvy received a
Positive Opinion from the European Medicine Agency’s (EMA)
Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for use in
immunocompromised adults aged 18 years and older. Regulatory
reviews are ongoing in Japan to expand use to adults aged 18-49
years of age at increased risk of RSV disease and immunocompromised
adults aged 18 years and older with decisions expected this
year.
China’s
Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has accepted for review a
regulatory application for Arexvy for the prevention of LRTD
caused by RSV in adults aged 60 years and older. A decision is
expected in 2027.
GSK is
also progressing a new “vial/pre-filled syringe”
presentation of Arexvy to
improve convenience for healthcare professionals. This was approved
by the EMA in April. US FDA review is ongoing.
Key
trials for Arexvy:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial name (population)
|
Phase
|
Design
|
Timeline
|
Status
|
|
RSV
OA=ADJ-004
(Adults
aged ≥60 years)
NCT04732871
|
III
|
A
randomised, open-label, multi-country trial to evaluate the
immunogenicity, safety, reactogenicity and persistence of a single
dose of the RSVPreF3 OA investigational vaccine and different
revaccination schedules in adults aged 60 years and
above
|
Trial
start:
Q1
2021
Primary
data reported:
Q2
2022
|
Active,
not recruiting; primary endpoint met
|
|
RSV
OA=ADJ-012
(Adults
aged ≥60 years )
NCT06534892
|
IIIb
|
An
extension and crossover vaccination study on the immune response
and safety of a vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus given
to adults 60 years of age and above who participated in RSV
OA=ADJ-006 study
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2024
|
Active,
not recruiting
|
|
RSV
OA=ADJ-031
(Immunocompromised
adults aged ≥18 years)
NCT07092865
|
II
|
A
non-randomized, controlled, open-label, extension study to evaluate
the persistence of immune response of the adjuvanted RSVPreF3
vaccine and the safety and immunogenicity following revaccination
in lung and kidney transplant recipients (aged 18 years and
above)
|
Trial
start:
Q3
2025
|
Recruiting
|
|
RSV
OA=ADJ-028
(Adults
18 to 59 years of age at increased risk for RSV
disease)
NCT07220109
|
III
|
A
randomized, controlled, observer blind, immuno-bridging study to
evaluate immunogenicity, reactogenicity and safety of a single dose
of the RSVPreF3 OA investigational vaccine in Chinese adults 18-59
years of age at increased risk of RSV Disease
|
Trial
start:
Q4
2025
|
Recruiting
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bepirovirsen (HBV ASO)
Bepirovirsen
is a triple-action antisense oligonucleotide with the potential to
be a first in class new treatment option for people with chronic
hepatitis B (CHB). It is designed to inhibit the replication of
viral DNA in the body, suppress the level of hepatitis B surface
antigen (HBsAg) in the blood, and stimulate the immune system to
increase the chances of a durable and sustained
response.
In
January 2026, GSK announced positive results from its two pivotal
phase III trials, B-Well 1 and B-Well 2. The trials met their
primary endpoints with bepirovirsen demonstrating a statistically
significant and clinically meaningful functional cure rate.
Functional cure rates were significantly higher with bepirovirsen
plus standard of care compared with standard of care alone.
Functional cure occurs when the hepatitis B virus DNA and viral
protein (HbsAg) are undetectable in the blood for at least 24 weeks
after stopping all treatment, indicative of the disease being
controlled by the immune system without medication.
In Q1,
the US FDA accepted for priority review a New Drug Application
(NDA) for bepirovirsen and set 26 October 2026 as the decision goal
date. GSK has filed regulatory submissions in Japan, China and the
EU with further submissions to take place throughout 2026. If
approved, bepirovirsen has the potential to become the first
finite, six-month therapeutic option for CHB.
Bepirovirsen
has been recognised by global regulatory authorities for its
innovation and potential to address significant unmet need in CHB,
with a Fast Track designation from the US FDA, Breakthrough Therapy
designation in China and SENKU designation in Japan. In Q1,
bepirovirsen also received FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation
which is reserved for investigational medicines where preliminary
clinical evidence indicates the potential for substantial
improvement over available therapies.
To
further expand development of novel sequential regimens, GSK
entered an agreement for an exclusive worldwide license to develop
and commercialise daplusiran/tomligisiran (GSK5637608, formerly
JNJ-3989), an investigational hepatitis B virus-targeted small
interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) therapeutic. This agreement
provides an opportunity to investigate a novel sequential regimen
to pursue functional cure in an even broader patient population
with bepirovirsen. Phase IIb trials for this sequential therapy
started in Q4 2024.
Key
trials for bepirovirsen:
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B-Well
1 bepirovirsen in nucleos(t)ide treated patients (chronic hepatitis
B)
NCT05630807
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III
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A
multi-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to
confirm the efficacy and safety of treatment with bepirovirsen in
participants with chronic hepatitis B virus
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Trial
Start:
Q1
2023
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Completed;
primary endpoint met
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B-Well
2 bepirovirsen in nucleos(t)ide treated patients (chronic hepatitis
B)
NCT05630820
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III
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A
multi-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to
confirm the efficacy and safety of treatment with bepirovirsen in
participants with chronic hepatitis B virus
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Trial
Start:
Q1
2023
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Completed;
primary endpoint met
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Key
trials for bepirovirsen continued:
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B-United
bepirovirsen sequential therapy with daplusiran/tomligisiran in
nucleos(t)ide treated patients (chronic hepatitis B)
NCT06537414
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IIb
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A
multi-centre, randomized, partially placebo-controlled,
double-blind study to investigate the safety and efficacy of
sequential therapy with daplusiran/tomligisiran followed by
bepirovirsen in participants with chronic hepatitis B virus on
background nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy
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Trial
start:
Q4
2024
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Active,
not recruiting
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B-Sure
Long-term Follow-up Study to Evaluate Durability of Treatment
Response in Previous Bepirovirsen Study Participants
NCT04954859
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II
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A
global multi-center, long-term follow-up study to assess durability
of efficacy, as measured by maintenance of treatment response from
the parent study, in participants who participated in a previous
bepirovirsen study and achieved a complete or partial response.
Eligible participants will be enrolled in this study after
completing the end of study (EoS) visit in one of five parent
bepirovirsen studies.
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Start: Q1 2021
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Recruiting
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tebipenem HBr
GSK has
an exclusive licence agreement with Spero Therapeutics, Inc. for
the development of tebipenem HBr (oral carbapenem antibiotic). In
May 2025, the phase III PIVOT-PO trial evaluating tebipenem HBr as
oral treatment for complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs),
including pyelonephritis, was stopped early for efficacy following
a recommendation from an Independent Data Monitoring
Committee.
GSK has
filed a regulatory submission in the US, based on these data, which
has been accepted by the FDA. The PDUFA date has been set as 18
June 2026.
If
approved, tebipenem HBr could be the first oral carbapenem
antibiotic for patients in the US who suffer from cUTIs, adding to
GSK’s innovative anti-infectives portfolio and helping
address the challenges of antimicrobial resistance
(AMR).
Key
phase III trials for tebipenem HBr:
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Phase
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Design
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Timeline
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Status
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PIVOT-PO
(complicated urinary tract infections)
NCT06059846
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III
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A
randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, multi-centre study to
assess the efficacy and safety of orally administered tebipenem
pivoxil hydrobromide compared to intravenously administered
imipenem-cilastatin in patients with complicated urinary tract
infection (cUTI) or acute pyelonephritis (AP)
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Trial
start:
Q4
2023
Data
reported:
Q2
2025
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Completed;
primary
endpoint met
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Reporting definitions
CAGR (Compound annual growth rate)
CAGR is
defined as the compound annual growth rate and shows the annualised
average rate for growth in sales and core operating profit between
2021 to 2026, assuming growth takes place at an exponentially
compounded rate during those years.
CER and AER growth
In
order to provide investors with a measure of year-on-year growth
excluding the impact of exchange rate movements, it is the
Group’s practice to discuss its results in terms of constant
exchange rate (CER) growth. This represents growth calculated as if
the exchange rates used to determine the results of overseas
companies in Sterling had remained unchanged from those used in the
comparative period. CER% represents growth at constant exchange
rates. For those countries which qualify as hyperinflationary as
defined by the criteria set out in IAS 29 ‘Financial
Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies’ (Argentina and
Turkey) CER growth is adjusted using a more appropriate exchange
rate where the impact is significant, reflecting depreciation of
their respective currencies in order to provide comparability and
not to distort CER growth rates.
AER%
represents growth at actual exchange rates.
Core Earnings per share
Unless
otherwise stated, Core earnings per share refers to Core basic
earnings per share.
Core Operating Margin
Core
Operating margin is Core operating profit divided by turnover. Core
operating profit is a key financial measure used by management to
evaluate performance.
Free cash flow
Free
cash flow is defined as the net cash inflow/outflow from operating
activities less capital expenditure on property, plant and
equipment and intangible assets, contingent consideration payments,
net finance costs, and distributions to non-controlling interests,
contributions from non-controlling interests plus proceeds from the
sale of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, and
dividends received from joint ventures and associates. Free cash
flow provides investors with a measure of cash flows that are
available to pay shareholder distributions and to fund strategic
acquisitions. It is used by management for planning and reporting
purposes and in discussions with and presentations to investment
analysts and rating agencies. Free cash flow growth is calculated
on a reported basis. A reconciliation of net cash inflow from
operations to free cash flow from operations is set out on page
33.
Free cash flow conversion
Free
cash flow conversion is free cash flow from operations as a
percentage of profit attributable to shareholders. Free cash flow
conversion provides investors with a measure of turning profit into
cash.
General Medicines
General
Medicines are usually prescribed in the primary care or community
settings by general healthcare practitioners. For GSK, this
includes medicines for inhaled respiratory, dermatology,
antibiotics and other diseases.
Non-controlling interest
Non-controlling
interest is the equity in a subsidiary not attributable, directly
or indirectly, to a parent.
Percentage points
Percentage
points of growth which is abbreviated to ppts.
RAR (Returns and Rebates)
GSK
sells to customers both commercial and government mandated
contracts with reimbursement arrangements that include rebates,
chargebacks and a right of return for certain pharmaceutical
products principally in the US. Revenue recognition reflects
gross-to-net sales adjustments as a result. These adjustments are
known as the RAR accruals and are a source of significant
estimation uncertainty and fluctuation which can have a material
impact on reported revenue from one accounting period to the
next.
Risk adjusted sales
Pipeline
risk-adjusted sales are based on the latest internal estimate of
the probability of technical and regulatory success for each asset
in development.
Specialty Medicines
Specialty
Medicines are typically prescription medicines used to treat
complex or rare chronic conditions. For GSK, this comprises
medicines for infectious diseases, HIV, Respiratory, Immunology
& Inflammation, and Oncology.
Total Net debt
Net
debt is defined as total borrowings less cash, cash equivalents,
liquid investments, and short-term loans to third parties that are
subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. The measure is
used by management as it is considered a good indicator of GSK's
ability to meet its financial commitments and the strength of its
balance sheet (including those classified as assets held for sale
and liabilities relating to assets held for sale).
Total and Core results
Total
reported results represent the Group’s overall performance.
GSK uses a number of non-IFRS measures to report the performance of
its business. Core results and other non-IFRS measures may be
considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior
to, information presented in accordance with IFRS. Core results are
defined on page 15 and other non-IFRS measures are defined in pages
42 and 43.
Total Operating Margin
Total
Operating margin is Total operating profit divided by
turnover.
Total Earnings per share
Unless
otherwise stated, Total earnings per share refers to Total basic
earnings per share.
Working capital
Working
capital represents inventory and trade receivables less trade
payables.
Guidance and Outlooks, assumptions and cautionary
statements
2026 Guidance
GSK
affirms its full-year 2026 guidance at constant exchange rates
(CER).
GSK
expects its turnover to increase between 3 to 5 per cent and Core
operating profit to increase between 7 to 9 per cent. Core earnings
per share is also expected to increase between 7 to 9 per
cent.
The
Group has made planning assumptions that we expect turnover for
Specialty Medicines to increase by a low double-digit per cent,
Vaccines to decline by a low-single digit per cent to stable, and
General Medicines to decline by a low-single digit per cent to
stable.
2021-2026 and 2031 Outlooks
In
February 2025 GSK set out improved outlooks for 2031 which are
detailed in the 2024 full year and fourth quarter results on
gsk.com(1).
Assumptions and basis of preparation related to 2026 Guidance,
2021-26 and 2031 Outlooks
In
outlining the guidance for 2026, and outlooks for the period
2021-26 and for 2031, the Group has made certain assumptions about
the macro-economic environment, the healthcare sector (including
regarding existing and possible additional governmental legislative
and regulatory reform), the different markets and competitive
landscape in which the Group operates and the delivery of revenues
and financial benefits from its current portfolio, its development
pipeline and restructuring programmes.
As
previously announced, on 19 December 2025, GSK entered into an
agreement with the US Administration to lower the cost of
prescription medicines for American patients, which, once fully
implemented, would exclude both GSK and ViiV Healthcare from
Section 232 tariffs for three years. On 2 April 2026, President
Trump issued a Section 232 proclamation imposing a 100% tariff on
patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingredients
beginning on 31 July 2026. On 9 April 2026, GSK, ViiV Healthcare,
and the US Government entered into a definitive agreement
reflecting Section 232 tariff relief through 20 January 2029
(subject to final implementation, including through participation
in the US Government’s Generous Model programme). Our full
year guidance is inclusive of the expected impact of these
agreements.
2026 Guidance
These
planning assumptions as well as operating profit and earnings per
share guidance and dividend expectations assume no material
interruptions to supply of the Group’s products, no material
mergers, acquisitions or disposals, no material litigation or
investigation costs for the Company (save for those that are
already recognised or for which provisions have been made) and no
change in the Group’s shareholdings in ViiV Healthcare. The
assumptions also assume no material changes in the healthcare
environment or unexpected significant changes in pricing or trade
policies, including tariffs (except as noted above), as a result of
government or competitor action. The 2026 guidance factors in all
divestments and product exits announced to date.
2021-26 and 2031 Outlooks
The
assumptions for GSK’s revenue, Core operating profit, Core
operating margin and cash flow outlooks, 2031 revenue outlook and
margin expectations through dolutegravir loss of exclusivity assume
the delivery of revenues and financial benefits from its current
and development pipeline portfolio of medicines and vaccines (which
have been assessed for this purpose on a risk-adjusted basis, as
described further below); regulatory approvals of the pipeline
portfolio of medicines and vaccines that underlie these
expectations (which have also been assessed for this purpose on a
risk-adjusted basis, as described further below); no material
interruptions to supply of the Group’s products; successful
delivery of the ongoing and planned integration and restructuring
plans; no material mergers, acquisitions or disposals or other
material business development transactions; no material litigation
or investigation costs for the Company (save for those that are
already recognised or for which provisions have been made); and no
change in the Group's shareholdings in ViiV Healthcare. GSK assumes
no premature loss of exclusivity for key products over the
period.
The
assumptions for GSK’s revenue, Core operating profit, Core
operating margin and cash flow outlooks, 2031 revenue outlook and
margin expectations through dolutegravir loss of exclusivity also
factor in all divestments and product exits announced to date as
well as material costs for investment in new product launches and
R&D. Risk-adjusted sales includes sales for potential planned
launches which are risk-adjusted based on the latest internal
estimate of the probability of technical and regulatory success for
each asset in development.
Notwithstanding
our guidance, outlooks and expectations, there is still uncertainty
as to whether our assumptions, guidance, outlooks and expectations
will be achieved.
All
outlook statements are given on a constant currency basis and use
2025 average exchange rates as a base (£1/$1.31,
£1/€1.17, £1/Yen 198).
(1)
https://www.gsk.com/media/slrhnzie/fy-2024-results-announcement.pdf
Assumptions and cautionary statement regarding forward-looking
statements
The
Group’s management believes that the assumptions outlined
above are reasonable, and that the guidance, outlooks, and
expectations described in this report are achievable based on those
assumptions. However, given the forward-looking nature of these
guidance, outlooks, and expectations, they are subject to greater
uncertainty, including potential material impacts if the above
assumptions are not realised, and other material impacts related to
foreign exchange fluctuations, macro-economic activity, the impact
of outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, changes in legislation,
regulation, government actions and policies, including the impact
of any potential tariffs or other restrictive trade policies on the
Group's products, or intellectual property protection, product
development and approvals, actions by our competitors, and other
risks inherent to the industries in which we operate.
This
document contains statements that are, or may be deemed to be,
“forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking
statements give the Group’s current expectations or forecasts
of future events. An investor can identify these statements by the
fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current
facts. They use words such as ‘anticipate’,
‘estimate’, ‘expect’, ‘intend’,
‘will’, ‘project’, ‘plan’,
‘believe’, ‘target’, ‘outlook’,
‘aim’, ‘ambition’, ‘could’,
‘goal’, ‘may’, ‘seek’,
‘should’ and other words and terms of similar meaning
in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial
performance. In particular, these include statements relating to
future actions, prospective products or product approvals, future
performance or results of current and anticipated products, sales
efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as legal
proceedings, dividend payments and financial results. Other than in
accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations (including
under the Market Abuse Regulation, the UK Listing Rules and the
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct
Authority), the Group undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. The reader should, however, consult any
additional disclosures that the Group may make in any documents
which it publishes and/or files with the SEC. All readers, wherever
located, should take note of these disclosures. Accordingly, no
assurance can be given that any particular expectation will be met
and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the
forward-looking statements.
All
guidance, outlooks and expectations should be read together with
the guidance and outlooks, assumptions and cautionary statements in
this Q1 2026 earnings release and in the Group's 2025 Annual Report
on Form 20-F.
Forward-looking
statements are subject to assumptions, inherent risks and
uncertainties, many of which relate to factors that are beyond the
Group’s control or precise estimate. The Group cautions
investors that a number of important factors, including those in
this document, could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. Such
factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed under
‘Risk Factors’ in the Group’s Annual Report on
Form 20-F for 2025. Any forward-looking statements made by or on
behalf of the Group speak only as of the date they are made and are
based upon the knowledge and information available to the Directors
on the date of this report.
Independent review report to GSK plc
Conclusion
We have
been engaged by GSK plc (“the company”) to review the
condensed financial information in the Results Announcement of the
company for the three months ended 31 March 2026.
The
condensed financial information comprises:
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income statement and statement of comprehensive income for the
three month period ended 31 March 2026 on page 20 and
21;
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balance sheet as at 31 March 2026 on page 22;
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the
statement of changes in equity for the three-month period then
ended on page 23;
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the
cash flow statement for the three-month period then ended on page
24; and
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the
accounting policies and basis of preparation and the explanatory
notes to the condensed financial information on pages 25 to 34 that
have been prepared applying consistent accounting policies to those
applied by GSK plc and its subsidiaries (“the Group”)
in the Annual Report 2025, which was prepared in accordance with
UK-adopted international accounting standards in conformity with
the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and the IFRS Accounting
Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards
Boards (IASB).
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Based
on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to
believe that the condensed financial information in the Results
Announcement for the three months ended 31 March 2026 is not
prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the
accounting policies set out in the accounting policies and basis of
preparation section on page 30.
Basis for Conclusion
We
conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on
Review Engagements (UK) 2410 “Review of Interim Financial
Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the
Entity” issued by the Financial Reporting Council for use in
the United Kingdom (ISRE (UK) 2410). A review of interim financial
information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons
responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying
analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially
less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with
International Standards on Auditing (UK) and consequently does not
enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all
significant matters that might be identified in an audit.
Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.
As
disclosed on page 30, the annual financial statements of the Group
are prepared in accordance with United Kingdom adopted
international accounting standards. The condensed set of financial
information included in this Results Announcement have been
prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the
accounting policies and basis of preparation section on page
30.
Conclusion Relating to Going Concern
Based
on our review procedures, which are less extensive than those
performed in an audit as described in the Basis for Conclusion
section of this report, nothing has come to our attention to
suggest that the directors have inappropriately adopted the going
concern basis of accounting or that the directors have identified
material uncertainties relating to going concern that are not
appropriately disclosed.
This
Conclusion is based on the review procedures performed in
accordance with ISRE (UK) 2410, however future events or conditions
may cause the entity to cease to continue as a going
concern.
Responsibilities of the directors
The
directors are responsible for preparing the Results Announcement of
the company in accordance with the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct
Authority.
In
preparing the Results Announcement, the directors are responsible
for assessing the company’s ability to continue as a going
concern, disclosing as applicable, matters related to going concern
and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the
directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease
operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do
so.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the review of the financial
information
In
reviewing the Results Announcement, we are responsible for
expressing to the company a conclusion on the condensed financial
information in the Results Announcement. Our Conclusion, including
our Conclusion Relating to Going Concern, are based on procedures
that are less extensive than audit procedures, as described in the
Basis for Conclusion paragraph of this report.
Use of our report
This
report is made solely to the company in accordance with ISRE (UK)
2410. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the
company those matters we are required to state to it in an
independent review report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility
to anyone other than the company, for our review work, for this
report, or for the conclusions we have formed.
Deloitte LLP
Statutory
Auditor
London,
United Kingdom
28
April 2026
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Glossary
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Terms used in the Announcement
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Brief description
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1L
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First
line
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2L
|
Second
line
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ADC
|
Antibody-drug
conjugate
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ADP
|
Adenosine
diphosphate
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AMR
|
Antimicrobial
resistance
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ASO
|
Antisense
oligonucleotide
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AS03
|
Adjuvant
system 03
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Bnab
|
Broadly
neutralising antibody
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CCL
|
Contingent
consideration liability
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CDC
|
Centre
for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDE
|
Center
for Drug Evaluation
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CHMP
|
Committee
for Medicinal Products for Human Use
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COPD
|
Chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
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CROI
|
Conference
on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
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CRSwNP
|
Chronic
rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
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cUTI
|
Complicated
urinary tract infection
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dMMR
|
Deficient
mismatch repair
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DRIP
|
Dividend
reinvestment plan
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DTG
|
Dolutegravir
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EGPA
|
Eosinophilic
granulomatosis with polyangiitis
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EMA
|
European
Medicines Agency
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ES
|
Extensive
stage
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ESOP
|
Employee
share ownership plan
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GIST
|
Gastrointestinal
stromal tumour
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HBV
|
Hepatitis
B virus
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HES
|
Hypereosinophilic
syndrome
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IBATi
|
Ileal
bile acid transporter inhibitor
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Insti
|
Integrase
nuclear strand transfer inhibitors
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IRA
|
Inflation
Reduction Act
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IV
|
Intravenous
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LAI
|
Long
acting injectables (includes Apretude and Cabenuva)
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LRTD
|
Lower
respiratory tract disease
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MAPS
|
Multi
antigen presenting system
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MASH
|
Metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
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MMRV
|
Measles,
mumps, rubella and varicella
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Mo-Rez
|
Mocertatug
rezetecan
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mRNA
|
Messenger
ribonucleic acid
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MSI-H
|
Microsatellite
instability high
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NDA
|
New
Drug Application
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NIP
|
National
Immunisation Program
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OA
|
Older
adults
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ODD
|
Orphan
drug designation
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Oral
2DR
|
Oral 2
drug regimen (includes Dovato and Juluca)
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PARP
|
Poly
ADP ribose polymerase
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PBC
|
Primary
biliary cholangitis
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PD-1
|
Programmed
death receptor-1 blocking antibody
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PDUFA
|
Prescription
Drug User Fee Act
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PK
|
Pharmacokinetics
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ppts
|
Percentage
points
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PrEP
|
Pre-exposure
prophylaxis
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PRIME
|
Priority
Medicines
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PYS
|
Peak
year sales
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Q4M
|
Every 4
months / 3x yearly
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Q6M
|
Every 6
months / twice-yearly
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RCC
|
Refractory
chronic cough
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Ris-Rez
|
Risvutatug
rezetecan
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RNS
|
Regulatory
news service
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RSV
|
Respiratory
syncytial virus
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SC
|
Subcutaneous
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SCLC
|
Small
cell lung cancer
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SG&A
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses, net of other sundry
income
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SiRNA
|
Small
interfering RNA
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SITT
|
Single
inhaler triple therapy
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TIM3
|
T-cell
membrane protein-3
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TSLP
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Long-acting
anti-thymic stromal lymphopoietin monoclonal
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ULA
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Ultra
long acting
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uUTI
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Uncomplicated
urinary tract infection
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Product List
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Trademark
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Generic
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Product Area
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Indication(s)
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Anoro Ellipta
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umeclidinium
bromide/vilanterol trifenatate
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General
medicines
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COPD
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Apretude
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cabotegravir
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Specialty
medicines
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HIV
prevention
|
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Arexvy
|
respiratory
syncytial virus vaccine
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Vaccines
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Respiratory
syncytial virus vaccination
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Benlysta
(SC and
IV)
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belimumab
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Specialty
medicines
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Systemic
lupus erythematosus, lupus nephritis
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Bexsero
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meningococcal
group-B vaccine
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Vaccines
|
Meningitis
group B prophylaxis
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Blenrep
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belantamab
mafodotin
|
Specialty
medicines
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Relapsed/refractory
multiple myeloma
|
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Blujepa
|
gepotidacin
|
General
medicines
|
Uncomplicated
UTI, Uncomplicated Gonorrhoea
|
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Boostrix
|
diphtheria,
tetanus, acellular pertussis
|
Vaccines
|
Diphtheria,
tetanus, acellular
Pertussis
booster vaccination
|
|
Cabenuva/Vocabria + Rekambys
|
cabotegravir,
rilpivirine
|
Specialty
medicines
|
HIV/AIDS
|
|
Cervarix
|
HPV 16
& 18 virus like particles (VLPs), AS04 adjuvant (MPL +
aluminium hydroxide)
|
Vaccines
|
Human
papilloma virus type 16 and 18
|
|
Dovato
|
dolutegravir/lamivudine
|
Specialty
medicines
|
HIV/AIDS
|
|
Exdensur
|
depemokimab
|
Specialty
medicines
|
Severe
Asthma, CRSwNP
|
|
Flixotide / Flovent
|
fluticasone
propionate
|
General
medicines
|
Asthma
|
|
Fluarix
|
split
inactivated influenza antigens (2 virus subtypes A and 2 subtype
B)
|
Vaccines
|
Seasonal
influenza prophylaxis
|
|
FluLaval
|
split
inactivated influenza antigens (2 virus subtypes A and 2 subtype
B)
|
Vaccines
|
Seasonal
influenza prophylaxis
|
|
Infanrix/Pediarix
|
diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B, haemophilus influenzae type
B (EU)
|
Vaccines
|
Prophylaxis
against diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis,
polio, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B (EU)
|
|
Jemperli
|
dostarlimab
|
Specialty
medicines
|
dMMR/MSI-H
recurrent/ advanced endometrial cancer, dMMR solid
tumours
|
|
Juluca
|
dolutegravir/rilpivirine
|
Specialty
medicines
|
HIV/AIDS
|
|
Menveo
|
meningococcal
group A, C, W-135 and Y conjugate vaccine
|
Vaccines
|
Meningitis
group A, C, W-135 and Y prophylaxis
|
|
Nucala
|
mepolizumab
|
Specialty
medicines
|
Asthma,
CRSwNP, EGPA, HES
|
|
Ojjaara/Omjjara
|
momelotinib
|
Specialty
medicines
|
Myelofibrosis
in patients with anaemia
|
|
Penmenvy
|
meningococcal
groups A, B, C, W, and Y vaccine
|
Vaccines
|
Meningitis
group A, B, C, W-135 and Y prophylaxis
|
|
Priorix, Priorix Tetra, Varilrix
|
live
attenuated MMR, varicella and MMRV vaccines
|
Vaccines
|
Measles,
mumps, rubella and chickenpox prophylaxis
|
|
Relvar/Breo Ellipta
|
fluticasone
furoate/vilanterol trifenatate
|
General
medicines
|
Asthma,
COPD
|
|
Rotarix
|
human
rotavirus RIX4414 strain
|
Vaccines
|
Rotavirus
prophylaxis
|
|
Rukobia
|
fostemsavir
|
Specialty
medicines
|
HIV/AIDS
|
|
Seretide / Advair
|
salmeterol
xinofoate, fluticasone propionate
|
General
medicines
|
Asthma,
COPD
|
|
Shingrix
|
zoster
vaccine recombinant, adjuvanted
|
Vaccines
|
Herpes
zoster (shingles)
|
|
Synflorix
|
conjugated
pneumococcal polysaccharide
|
Vaccines
|
Prophylaxis
against invasive disease, pneumonia, acute otitis
media
|
|
Tivicay
|
dolutegravir
|
Specialty
medicines
|
HIV/AIDS
|
|
Trelegy Ellipta
|
fluticasone
furoate/vilanterol trifenatate/umeclidinium bromide
|
General
medicines
|
COPD,
asthma
|
|
Triumeq
|
dolutegravir,
lamivudine and abacavir
|
Specialty
medicines
|
HIV/AIDS
|
|
Ventolin
|
salbutamol
sulphate
|
General
medicines
|
Asthma,
COPD
|
|
Zejula
|
niraparib
|
Specialty
medicines
|
Ovarian
cancer
|
Brand names appearing in italics throughout this document are
trademarks of GSK or associated companies or used under licence by
the Group.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.
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(Registrant)
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Date: April
29, 2026
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WHYTE
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