GSK CEO optimistic about Covid-19 vaccine in 2021
GSK boss says she’s optimistic there will be a Covid-19 vaccine next year
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, the world’s largest maker of vaccines, said she was optimistic the industry will be able to make an immunization against COVID-19 widely available next year.
“I share the optimism that we will have solutions next year. The challenge here is getting to the scale that is required,” GSK CEO Emma Walmsley said at an online event of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on Tuesday.
FILE PHOTO: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) CEO, Emma Walmsley, arrives for a meeting in Downing Street in central London, Britain, October 9, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
“Lots of progress has also been made for therapeutics,” she added.
Reporting by Ludwig Burger, Editing by Franklin Paul
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