India, Aug. 19 -- GSK has announced that Jack Bailey, President US Pharmaceuticals has decided to step down from his role at the end of the year. Bailey will be succeeded by Maya Martinez-Davis, currently Regional President, Latin America Region at EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

GSK continues to evolve its business. This includes an expanded pipeline and preparing launches of oncology medicines. Martinez-Davis brings outstanding experience of successfully bringing new specialty care treatments to patients. She is currently Regional President, Latin America Region and was previously SVP, Global Oncology at EMD Serono (Merck KGaA). Prior to this, she spent thirteen years at Pfizer leading vari...