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LONDON—GlaxoSmithKline PLC on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in net profit for the second quarter, reflecting the increased dominance of lower-margin vaccines and over-the-counter medicines in the company's portfolio following its $20 billion asset swap with Novartis AG.
The drug maker said net profit slid 77% to £ 149 million ($233 million) compared with the same period last year, despite a 6% rise in revenue to £ 5.89 billion, in the first full quarter since the Novartis transaction completed. Core operating profit, Glaxo's preferred measure, fell 4% to £ 1.35 billion, slightly higher than analysts' estimates of £ 1.34 billion. Stripping out the effect of the strong pound, revenue rose 7% and core operating profit increased by 3%.
Glaxo shares jumped about 3% after the release of the results.
Glaxo has become a lower-margin company following its $20 billion asset swap with Novartis, in which it traded its highly profitable oncology franchise for the Swiss company's vaccines business, which has slimmer margins. The pair also formed a joint venture, controlled by Glaxo, for their over-the-counter medicines, which also have lower margins than prescription pharmaceuticals.
Glaxo did the deal because it believes it will be better off in the long run with low-margin but high-demand vaccines than with high-margin but low-demand cancer drugs, especially as powerful drug buyers put downward pressure on prices.
Write to Denise Roland at Denise.Roland@wsj.com
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