Keyword: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

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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...

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AstraZeneca Shareholders Target CEO Pay

16.03.2016 - AstraZeneca shareholders are said to be questioning the £8.4 million pay package awarded to CEO executive Pascal Soriot last year after he successfully deflected a hostile bid from...

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GSK Ends Cancer Deal With Five Prime

15.03.2016 - British drugmaker Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) has pulled out of a five-year deal with US biotechnology company Five Prime to develop experimental cancer drug FP-1039. Buried in Five...