(Bloomberg) -- Nearly nine years ago, when Emma Walmsley was preparing to take over as CEO of GSK Plc, she wrote in her diary that Luke Miels — then an executive at rival AstraZeneca Plc — would be “a dream appointment for this adventure.”Now, as Walmsley’s own adventure atop the British pharmaceutical group winds down, Miels has been named to replace her. The 50-year-old, who joined Walmsley at GSK in 2017, will take the reins as chief executive officer at the start of next year. His main challenges will b ...

GSK (GSK) said Chief Executive Emma Walmsley would step down and be succeeded by commercial chief Luke Miels, as the drugmaker works to replenish its product lineup. Walmsley will step down at the end of the year, having led the company through the Covid-19 pandemic, tensions with activist investor Elliott Management and a portfolio shake-up that included the spinoff of its consumer-healthcare business. Most Read from The Wall Street Journal The leadership change comes as GSK seeks to bring to market mo ...

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