GSK's Walmsley Focused On Upcoming Launches Amid 'Uncertain' Times

New CEO confirmed GSK's commitment to maintaining its three business unit structure ‒ "as long as all three businesses continue to perform competitively" ‒ as she chaired her first quarterly results presentation at the helm of the big pharma.

Emma Walmsley GSK
• Source: GSK

GlaxoSmithKline PLC's new CEO Emma Walmsley sees "both logic and benefit in being a three business healthcare company, not least because of some of the uncertainty and volatility that we still see in the high return pharma business," she said during the firm's first quarter earnings call April 26.

GSK's three units are pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer health. The company "believes in the synergies" between the business units, she...

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