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BUZZ-GlaxoSmithKline: hit as 2015 gloom outweighs long-term hope

** GlaxoSmithKline (Other OTC: GLAXF - news) second biggest FTSE 100 faller, down 3.4 pct, as analysts downgrade near-term estimates after drugmaker warns of "high teens" percentage fall in 2015 EPS

** Brokerages Bernstein and Bryan Garnier both cut price targets. Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson says 2015 guidance "much worse than our modeling of -5 pct or consensus of -11 pct"

** GSK argued at May 6 investor day it was taking short-term hit in 2015, but expected long-term gain as it reshapes business to ensure reliable growth and secure dividend

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : ben.hirschler.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)