Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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GSK Rejects Unilever Bid for Consumer Health Arm

17.01.2022 -

GlaxoSmithKline said it has received and rejected three bids from consumer products giant Unilever to acquire its consumer drugs arm. The latest offer, worth £50 billion...

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Sanofi/GSK Covid Shot Shows Booster Promise

16.12.2021 -

In the VAT 0002 extension trial investigating the safety and immunogenicity of the protein-based recombinant adjuvanted Covid-19 vaccine they are partly developing as a...

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GSK Lures Pfizer’s Vaccines R&D Chief Away

02.12.2021 -

Britain’s largest drugmaker, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has landed a major coup, luring Pfizer’s vaccines R&D chief away, as it tries to regain its position in the top tier of...

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WHO Recommends old GSK Malaria Drug for Africa

07.10.2021 -

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended administering GlaxoSmithKline’s 33-year-old malaria vaccine to children across Africa in the hope of stalling the...

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Sanofi Drops mRNA Covid Vaccine Despite Good Results

29.09.2021 -

A year ago unthinkable, the market for mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines appears to be headed for saturation, even though, or perhaps because, there now seem to be more...

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Another Activist Investor Rattles Sabers at GSK

27.09.2021 -

Activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners has joined activist investor Elliott Management, GlaxoSmithKline’s long-time nemesis, in trying to force a leadership...

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GSK/CureVac Covid Candidate Shines in Animal Tests

17.08.2021 -

CV2Cov, the next-generation Covid-19 vaccine under development by German biotech CureVac and UK drugs giant GSK, outperformed CureVac’s first-generation Covid shot in...

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GSK Plans Life Sciences Campus at Stevenage

30.07.2021 -

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the UK’s largest drugmaker, plans to establish a new life sciences campus within its R&D site at Stevenage, England. The company said it is...