Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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Pharma Chiefs Call for Decision on EMA

25.04.2017 - Pharma chiefs are urging European heads of state to decide sooner rather than later on the new location for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is due to leave the UK as a...

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GSK Sued by Former Private Investigators

23.11.2016 - Two former private investigators, the British-Chinese husband and wife team of Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng, have filed suit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in a US district court...

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Pharma Shares Rise on Trump Victory

10.11.2016 - Shares in major globally active pharmaceutical producers rose by as much as 11% on the news that Donald Trump had won the Nov. 8 election as president of the United States. The...

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GSK Plans £275 Million UK Investment

28.07.2016 - In a post-Brexit vote of confidence, major drugmaker Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) has announced it will invest £275 million in its UK network to boost production and support delivery of...

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Britain in Uncertainty

15.07.2016 - As the reality, and increasingly the finality, of Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union began to sink in, chemical and pharmaceutical producers across the country in...

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GSK Vaccines Head to Step Down

17.06.2016 - GlaxoSmithKline’s head of vaccines, Moncef Slaoui, has announced he will leave the company in June 2017 after nearly three decades at the company. Since joining GSK in 1998, Slaoui...

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GSK Break-up “not Under Consideration”

17.05.2016 - A break-up of the UK’s largest pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is not under consideration at the moment, GSK Chairman Phillip Hampton told the company’s annual...

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GSK to Waive Patents in Poor Countries

01.04.2016 - Glaxo SmithKline has announced it will waive patent protection for new medicines in the world’s poorest countries, such as Afghanistan, Rwanda and Cambodia, allowing cheaper...