"This industry is under huge pressure, " says Andrew Witty, GSK's chief executive, in a lightly accented British baritone.

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In business, the chief executive of drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline Andrew Witty, and the former chairman of Tesco, David Reid, are both knighted.

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"To date we have contracts in place to supply 195 million doses of the vaccine, " Chief Executive Andrew Witty said.

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"In these last three months, governments have rapidly strengthened their pandemic stockpile and prevention strategies, " said GlaxoSmithKline's chief executive, Andrew Witty.

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Seems lost on the author to look back on history, a history in which Andrew Witty was a member of the Corporate Executive Team.

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Chief executive Sir Andrew Witty described the operating environment as "challenging".

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The change, which has yet to be implemented, is being announced at a speech in London at the Wellcome Trust, where Glaxo chief executive Andrew Witty is also detailing how the British drug giant has made its chemical libraries available to researchers working on drugs against tuberculosis and malaria.

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"The introduction of the patent box has transformed the way in which we view the UK as a location for new investments, ensuring that the medicines of the future will not only be discovered, but can also continue to be made here in Britain, " said Glaxo chief executive Sir Andrew Witty.

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