LAGOS, July 31 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria said on Wednesday its half-year pretax profit roseto 2.09 billion naira ($13 mln), up 8.3 percent from 1.93billion naira a year ago.
Turnover at the local unit of Britian's biggest drugmakerGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) grew to 13.99 billion naira duringthe six months to June 30 as against 12.84 billion naira a yearearlier, it said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Last week, GSK dropped a scheme to increase its stake in theNigerian unit to 75 percent following opposition from minorityshareholders.