COVID-19 Ibuprofen Fears Hit Advil Sales In GSK’s Q2

Reports that ibuprofen could worsen COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic hit sales of GSK's leading Advil brand, contributing to a drop in pro-forma Consumer Healthcare turnover in the second quarter of 2020.

Munich, Bavaria / Germany - May 19, 2018: Headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co. KG in Munich, Germany - GSK is a British pharmaceutical company
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Fears that ibuprofen could worsen COVID-19 infection which spread around the world in the early months of the pandemic hurt sales of GlaxoSmithKline plc’s power brand Advil.

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