By Abigail Townsend
Date: Tuesday 20 Jan 2026
(Sharecast News) - British drugs giant GSK has agreed to buy Rapt Therapeutics in a $2.2bn deal, it was announced on Tuesday, sending shares in the American allergy specialist soaring.
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| Agreement on changes to ViiV minority shareholding | 20-Jan-2026 | 07:00 | RNS |
| Director/PDMR Shareholding | 16-Jan-2026 | 15:30 | RNS |
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| GSK to buy US food allergy specialist for $2.2bn | 20-Jan-2026 | Times |
| GSK’s hepatitis B drug shows promise in trials | 07-Jan-2026 | Times |
| GlaxoSmithKline scraps sale of old drugs | 05-Dec-2014 | Telegraph |
| Glaxo sharpens axe to save £1bn as insurers and ... | 01-Dec-2014 | The Independent |
| GSK to cut hundreds of US jobs | 01-Dec-2014 | Telegraph |
| Questor :GlaxoSmithKline | 16-Apr-2014 | Telegraph |
| Questor:GlaxoSmithKline | 06-Oct-2011 | Telegraph |
| Questor:GlaxoSmithKline | 11-Aug-2011 | Telegraph |
| Questor tip: GlaxoSmithKline | 28-Jul-2011 | Telegraph |
| Investment Column: GlaxoSmithKline | 27-Jul-2011 | The Independent |
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 1,795.50p |
| Change Today | -20.50p |
| % Change | -1.13 % |
| 52 Week High | 1,901.50 |
| 52 Week Low | 1,264.00 |
| Volume | 6,834,613 |
| Shares Issued | 4,075.43m |
| Market Cap | £73,174m |
| Beta | 0.94 |
| RiskGrade | 129 |
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| Strong Buy | 4 |
| Buy | 3 |
| Neutral | 13 |
| Sell | 3 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 23 |

| Latest | Previous | |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 | Q2 | |
| Ex-Div | 13-Nov-25 | 14-Aug-25 |
| Paid | 08-Jan-26 | 09-Oct-25 |
| Amount | 16.00p | 16.00p |
| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 15:25 | 1 @ 1,779.50p |
| 15:22 | 0 @ 1,784.00p |
| 15:22 | 0 @ 1,784.00p |
| 15:22 | 0 @ 1,784.00p |
| 15:22 | 0 @ 1,784.00p |
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