Walmsley: GSK Will Take Incremental Deal-Making Approach In Building Up Oncology

GSK has more than doubled its oncology pipeline since July 2018, and the company's CEO thinks smaller deals and a new site combining R&D and manufacturing will enable its progress to continue.

GSK CEO Emma Walmsley addresses reporters at new GSK plant
GSK CEO Emma Walmsley at the company's new US manufacturing facility • Source: Joseph Haas

GlaxoSmithKline PLC's $5.1bn acquisition of Tesaro Inc. sped up the company's revamp of its cancer R&D engine, but deals of that size will be outliers for now, CEO Emma Walmsley indicated on 25 September.

Speaking at the opening of a $120m biologics manufacturing and R&D facility outside Philadelphia, the exec said GSK needs to take some time to absorb the benefits Tesaro brought to...

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