Barron Signs Off With Notes On GSK Culture Change, Tease On RSV Vaccine Results

Transformation Not Yet Complete, Says Departing R&D Chief

Hal Barron is leaving just as GSK’s M&A firepower grows following the Haleon spin-out, but sounded a confident note about its potential blockbuster RSV vaccine candidate.

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Barron is departing just as a new pharma and vaccines-focused GSK emerges. • Source: GSK

Hal Barron has said farewell after a four-and-a-half year stint as GSK’s chief scientific officer, leaving behind what he and CEO Dame Emma Walmsley argue is a much more competitive and innovation-driven organization – but conceded that the transformation was far from complete.

Barron is leaving the post to become CEO of the ambitious cellular reprogramming venture Altos Labs, and hands over...

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