US is the best place for drugs companies to invest, says boss of London-based GSK

Emma Walmsley’s praise for US pharmaceutical market piles pressure on the UK government

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The chief executive of GSK yesterday declared the US to be the best place for pharmaceutical companies to invest.

Emma Walmsley said the US led the world in launches of drugs and vaccines and, alongside China, was the best market for business development.

She is the latest boss of a leading UK drugmaker to talk up business opportunities on the other side of the Atlantic, after AstraZeneca’s Pascal Soriot hailed the “vital importance of the US”.