Anonymous ID: 138309 Jan. 21, 2019, 12:02 a.m. No.4844294   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4308 >>4477 >>4727 >>4851 >>4877 >>4997

GSK Chairman Hampton to step down

 

GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) Chairman Philip Hampton will step down after more than three and a half years in the role, Britain’s biggest drugmaker announced on Monday. The announcement comes a month after GSK’s Chief Executive Emma Walmsley announced her boldest plans yet - to split the company into two businesses — one for prescription drugs and vaccines, the other for over-the-counter products. Walmsley, who took the helm in 2017, announced in December that GSK and Pfizer would combine their consumer health businesses in a joint venture with sales of 9.8 billion pounds ($12.7 billion), 68 percent-owned by the British company, in an all-equity transaction.

 

“Following the announcement of our deal with Pfizer and the intended separation of the new consumer business, I believe this is the right moment to step down and allow a new Chair to oversee this process through to its conclusion over the next few years,” Hampton said in a statement. Before joining GSK, Hampton was chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS.L) and J Sainsbury plc (SBRY.L). GSK, which is looking to buy early-stage assets and partner with companies, said it had started the search for a successor.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gsk-chairman/gsk-chairman-hampton-to-step-down-idUSKCN1PF0II?il=0

Anonymous ID: 138309 Jan. 21, 2019, 12:05 a.m. No.4844311   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4338 >>4353 >>4477 >>4727 >>4851 >>4877 >>4997

Syria shot down more than 30 Israeli cruise missiles, bombs - Ifax

 

Syrian military air defenses destroyed more than 30 cruise missiles and guided bombs during Israeli air strikes in the early hours of Monday, Russia’s defense control center was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying. Israeli air strikes targeting an airport in southeastern Damascus killed four Syrian soldiers and wounded six, the military center was quoted by RIA news agency as saying.