{"id":134381,"date":"2022-01-20T01:23:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/gsk-loses-top-scientist-to-anti-ageing-start-up"},"modified":"2022-01-20T01:23:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:23:02","slug":"gsk-loses-top-scientist-to-anti-ageing-start-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/gsk-loses-top-scientist-to-anti-ageing-start-up","title":{"rendered":"GSK loses top scientist to anti-ageing start-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/gsk-loses-top-scientist-to-anti-ageing-start-up.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Link: Big Pharma loses top scientist to anti-aging research.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>GlaxoSmithKline\u2019s chief scientific officer Hal Barron will step down in August as he moves to lead a Silicon Valley anti-ageing start-up, dealing a blow to the pharma group as it races to rebuild its pipeline of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Hal Barron, a veteran drug developer, helped shape GSK efforts when some shareholders raised concerns that chief executive Emma Walmsley\u2019s lack of a scientific background was a hindrance. He will be replaced by internal candidate Tony Wood.<\/p>\n<p>Barron is leaving GSK to take up the top job at Altos Labs, a start-up reportedly backed by billionaires including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. He will remain on GSK\u2019s board as a non-executive director and continue to provide scientific advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link: Big Pharma loses top scientist to anti-aging research. GlaxoSmithKline\u2019s chief scientific officer Hal Barron will step down in August as he moves to lead a Silicon Valley anti-ageing start-up, dealing a blow to the pharma group as it races to rebuild its pipeline of drugs. Hal Barron, a veteran drug developer, helped shape GSK [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/461"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}