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The AGM sees the retirement of our Chief Executive Officer JP Garnier, who has served GSK with great style and distinction since the merger in December 2000. JP brought wit, wisdom and hugely impressive business acumen to his role. He was directly responsible for many of the innovations of the last seven years, including the introduction of our Centres of Excellence in Drug Discovery, which have transformed the way we approach R&D, and driving a renewed focus and energy behind our vaccines business. Thank you, JP, on behalf of the Board and the stakeholders of GSK.
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| Laying the foundation stone to extend the flu vaccine site in Dresden, Germany. | Meeting employees at the Notre-Dame de Bondeville GMS site, France. | Presenting at the Pediarix vaccine launch, Nashville. | Opening of the Clinical Imaging Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London. |
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| Conducting a royal visit to the GSK Biologicals site at Wavre, Belgium. | Visiting a lymphatic filariasis programme in Ghana. | Breaking ground at the new state of the art data centre, Pennsylvania. | Meeting President Bush to discuss pandemic flu vaccination. |