Job losses loom after UK drugmaker terminates GSK Nigeria’s contract, forces firm’s shutdown

Employees at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Nigeria will lose their jobs this year, as the company has announced that it will shut down operations.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria said it failed to retain the approval for the distribution of vaccines and medicines produced by GlaxoSmithKline UK Group.

The firm was the sole distributor of drugs produced by GlaxoSmithKline UK, but the foreign manufacturer has chosen to appoint a different local distributor.