Glaxo chief executive JP Garnier said that the quarter had been positive for GlaxoSmithKline. ‘We’re off to a good start for 2007. I think a big surprise was the strength of our consumer business which operates in a fairly static market.” Garnier also said that Alli would be launching in a month. That mean that we should be able to start shipping our pre-orders of Alli sometime early June, just in time for summer!

Additionally, according to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) the diet pill Alli should be available for sale in Europe as an over the counter medication sometime next year.

Unfortunately, many people in Europe are obese just like in the United States. Alli may help to turn the tides and start helping people lose excess weight while dieting and increasing their exercise.