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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

GSK’s top scientist jumps ship in new blow for pharmaceutical firm

CEO Emma Walmsley hired Hal Barron in 2017.
CEO Emma Walmsley hired Hal Barron in 2017. Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto/Allstar

GSK’s chief scientific officer is jumping ship, dealing a blow to the drugmaker as it seeks to rebuild its pipeline of new medicines and gears up for a corporate split in the summer.

Hal Barron, the highly regarded US scientist and veteran of Roche and Genentech, was one of the GSK chief executive Emma Walmsley’s key hires a few months after she took the helm in April 2017.

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