GSK's Nigerian unit says Q1 pretax profit falls 53 pct

A jogger runs past a signage for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in London April 22, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor·Reuters· (Reuters)

LAGOS (Reuters) - GSK's Nigerian unit said on Thursday its first-quarter pretax profit fell 52.7 percent to 421.83 million naira ($2 million), from a year earlier. Revenue also fell to 7.45 billion naira in the period to end-March from 7.80 billion naira last year, the pharmaceutical and healthcare company said in a statement without giving any reason for the drop in earnings. ($1 = 198.0000 naira)

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