GlaxoSmithkline 2015 full year results

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GlaxoSmithkline 2015 full year results

Summary



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Group sales +6% CER on a reported basis and +1% CER pro-forma



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Pharmaceuticals £14.2 billion, -7% (-1% pro-forma); Vaccines £3.7 billion, +19% (+3% pro-forma); Consumer Healthcare £6 billion, +44% (+6% pro-forma)





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£2 billion of new product sales driven by HIV (TivicayTriumeq), Respiratory (Relvar/BreoAnoro,Incruse) and Meningitis vaccines (MenveoBexsero)



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Growing sales contribution: Q4 sales £682 million, (Q3: £591 million)



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Nucala, a new biologic treatment for severe asthma, launched at the end of 2015



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New product sales now expected to reach £6 billion target up to two years earlier (2018 vs 2020)






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Integration and restructuring programme on schedule



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£1 billion incremental annual cost savings delivered in 2015 for costs of £1.9 billion



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On track to deliver £3 billion of annual cost savings by end 2017





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2015 core EPS 75.7p, -15% CER, ahead of financial guidance



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Reflects short-term dilution from transaction partly offset by integration and restructuring benefits






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2015 total EPS 174.3p, +>100% CER



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Reflects impact of transaction gains, partly offset by restructuring charges and revaluation of the contingent consideration relating to improved outlook for HIV business





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2016 core EPS percentage growth expected to reach double digits CER



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If FX rates held at January average levels estimated impact of +5% on 2016 Sterling core EPS growth





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2015 ordinary dividend of 80p and special dividend of 20p confirmed



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Special dividend to be paid alongside Q4 ordinary dividend in April 2016



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Continue to expect 80p full year dividend for 2016 and 2017





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New R&D portfolio of ~40 assets to drive long-term performance; multiple development milestones expected in 2016/2017



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Up to 10 regulatory filings include Shingrix (shingles vaccine), sirukumab (RA), Benlysta SC (lupus) and ICS/LABA/LAMA (COPD)



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Up to 10 Phase lll starts include cabotegravir (HIV), daprodustat (anaemia) and Men ABCWY vaccine



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Up to 20 Phase ll starts in Immuno-inflammation, Oncology, Respiratory and Infectious diseases



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Estimated R&D rate of return maintained at 13%

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