Gsk Share Discussion Threads

[spondon] 03/5/2009 20:44

Daily mail
Yes, although not everyone will experience them. 'The most common ones are nausea, vomiting and stomach ache,' says GP Wendy Denning of London's the Health Doctors clinic. 'Tamiflu should be taken after food. However, if a person is sick within an hour of taking it, it is likely to be ineffective.'

Roche revised the Tamiflu patient information last year, warning that it can cause hallucinations, delirium or abnormal behaviour, which sometimes 'results in fatal outcomes'.

This was after the Japanese government warned doctors in March 2007 that Tamiflu should not be prescribed to teenagers for fear that it can lead to bizarre and self-destructive behaviour, after investigatingthe deaths of 18 Japanese children.

[oneeyedjack01] 03/5/2009 20:28

Wonga ----- MMs are managing this share price very carefully IMO for the future.

Can you explain?

Thanks

[wongauk] 03/5/2009 19:37

It seems obvious to me, but I thought I'd better point something out before you all get too carried away.

The flu virus is almost irrelevant as far as this stock is concerned.

Just in case you've missed the obvious, the share price of this stock has been bouncing off the 1000p.... ish support levels upto 1080p... ish levels for 2 months now, and we've only had swine flu for 10 days!!! So I would ignore anything to do with "The Flu" (although every little helps!).

The more important factors that impact on this company are its 'big sellers' and 'new product lines' e.g. Prostate Cancer treatments etc. Also, it does not follow/track regular FTSE movements i.e. if we have a bad week on the FTSE then this share price will more than likely go up!

What I'm trying to advise here is this company makes billions of pounds a year, has a great future, and is a safe haven.

Do yourselves a favour and start opening up some spreadbets on the support and resistance levels we all know and love for this stock ;-)

In the end it will reach the 1400p levels, so why not have some fun like I am and play off those swing/pivot points until it gets there ;-)

"The Flu" is actually irrelevant, and the MMs are managing this share price very carefully IMO for the future, not some flu bug!

[oneeyedjack01] 03/5/2009 19:24

From the times.....

Scotland is producing for export millions of doses of an anti-viral drug that combats swine flu, while relying on a cheaper alternative, because of a deal struck by the government.

The Scottish government's effort to combat a possible pandemic is heavily reliant on Tamiflu, an oral drug produced by the Swiss manufacturer Roche, despite warnings that it may be ineffective. Several countries have also reported concerns the drug may cause mental ilness among teenagers.

An alternative, more dependable drug is being manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline at a factory in Arbroath. The production process is then completed in France before the drugs are exported to 26 countries around the world. More than 28m doses made in Scotland have been been delivered to France, Australia and Germany alone.

There here have been reports of seasonal H1N1 flu becoming resistant to Tamiflu, which has also been linked with the suicide of more than 20 people in Japan.

Since swine flu was first reported in Mexico last month it has killed about 100 people and spread to 16 other countries.

Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, warned that stocks of Relenza had to be urgently increased. "We have to get as much Relenza as possible because we don't know how effective Tamiflu will be," he said.

"There is an issue of Tamiflu resistance. It would be nice to get as much Relenza as we can get our hands on.

[wenlynn] 03/5/2009 18:33

Montyhedge has just received the results of his swine flu test.


He failed !

[sat69] 03/5/2009 18:30

I'm keeping an eye on the BBC website, and the number of worldwide confirmed cases keeps increasing every few hours.

[montyhedge] 03/5/2009 16:52

If its goes to Level 6 then bears will be flatten by the bulls.

[anony mous] 03/5/2009 16:48

LOL !

monty is desperate.
sub 10.00 and you know it.
will never get level 6, but will go back down to level 4, as rates decline.
shorts will hammer this come Tues.

[montyhedge] 03/5/2009 16:22

With the cover up from the gov.


IF IT GOES TO LEVEL 6 WITH COVER UP, THEN OVER 1100P THIS WEEK.

[mohammed shakil] 03/5/2009 16:17

i am thinking this pig swine to fall down to below £10 on the second day of the week

[montyhedge] 03/5/2009 15:48

He was told to keep quiet its a scandal, 2000 in UK possible got this.

[montyhedge] 03/5/2009 15:46

Big cover up in UK, person who contacted Swine Flu told not to tell press, he was in contact with 1500 people at an event. This is going to spread like wildfire but gov including Mexico talking it down, they know will cost a fortune.

[mohammed shakil] 03/5/2009 15:27

why you call columbo a swine, he a good cop

[oneeyedjack01] 03/5/2009 15:06

Columbia became with first South American country to confirm Swine Flu.

[mohammed shakil] 03/5/2009 15:00

I is pleased you do not call the profit pig!

[wenlynn] 03/5/2009 14:45

'Top US officials Sunday saw grounds for cautious optimism that a swine flu outbreak may have peaked.

Secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibelius said "I've put an order in for a dozen vaccines to Glaxo. That should cover it."'

[gotnorolex] 03/5/2009 10:59

Big Pharma tries to sugar the pill
The pharmaceuticals industry needs to rebuild its image with a public sceptical of science and genetically modified crops, and at Bayer they are trying to do just that.
Big Pharma is in the throes of convulsive change. A spate of multibillion mergers and acquisitions in the past few months is transforming the landscape, with this week's $3.6bn (£2.5bn) takeover of Stiefel by GlaxoSmithKline the latest and certainly not the last.
It's a truism among analysts that this huge restructuring is driven, primarily, by a dearth of new blockbusting drugs in the pipeline of the biggest pharma groups, which are being forced to buy up innovation via smart start-ups and/or generic drugs companies.
But on the day GSK made its latest foray under its new chief Andrew Whitty, Wolfgang Plischke, board member for innovation, technology and environment at Bayer, pointed to a deeper set of trends. Over lunch in the German group's HQ overlooking a Japanese water garden, we discussed a growing public distaste for, nay dislike of, science and a "war for scarce talent" as young people turned their backs on it.
"I don't expect there'll be a change in public opinion in the next five to 10 years," he said.
But echoing the famous aphorism of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci – "pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will" – Plischke, an ultra-lean 57-year-old biologist keen on endurance sports, is convinced the industry – and science – can overcome their poor reputation and image.

[mohammed shakil] 03/5/2009 09:01

Wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatullah

[anony mous] 03/5/2009 08:26

WHO: says swine flu is not viral as expected.
Mexico stabilising, cases dropping, and symptons outside Mex. weak.
seems as though SKY and BBC have changed their view as to how this might not be so bad.

GSK sub 10.00 on Tues.

[oneeyedjack01] 03/5/2009 07:32

Sat,
I think the FTSE / DOW has had a very big run up and are due for a move downward be that consolidation of the uptrend or a return to the bear market.
The flu pandemic may be the thing that tips it downward. Anyway it looking at Glaxo's chart it seems to have an inverse relationship with the FTSE. I'm just guessing like we all are but the above along with the fundamentals (aka growth / dividend) & the fact the share is at the bottom of a range seems to me to make it a really good buy. I do feel many people cant see things that go against what is en vogue shall we say and I suppose I should be glad of that.

I really do feel this is a raging buy.

People would do well to go defensive sharpish I think. Private investors can react really quickly here. Some people who have bought banks etc recently are going to get done over again as there is no doubt the are toppy, coupled with iffy stress test's

[sat69] 02/5/2009 21:10

Thanks OEJ - Interesting why they chose to reprint it 6 days later. A cynic may think they were doing it to get drug companies' sp's up!

[oneeyedjack01] 02/5/2009 21:06

Oops, I have removed it. Came up on my news feed, thought it was today.

Came through here as May 2.

[sat69] 02/5/2009 20:56

OEJ - That article is 6 days old.