Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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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...

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GSK and Miltenyi Biotec in Cell and Gene Therapy Pact

22.03.2016 - Britain’s largest pharmaceutical company, Glaxo SmithKline (GSK), has formed a strategic collaboration with German biotechnology firm Miltenyi Biotec to develop cell and gene...

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GSK’s Witty Names Retirement Date

18.03.2016 - It’s official. Andrew Witty, CEO of Britain’s largest drugmaker, Glaxo SmithKline (GSK), has announced he will retire in March 2017 after nearly a decade at the helm. In a...