06.02.2018
- Pharmaceutical companies’ interest in buying consumer health businesses is waning, with more players interested in shedding the activities than acquiring them, reports suggest...
26.10.2017
- US drugs giant Pfizer is poised to kick off the long awaited sale of its $3.4 billion consumer health unit next month, news agencies speculate. According a calculation by Reuters...
07.09.2017
- Germany’s Merck KGaA is weighing options for its Consumer Health business, which it says has a strong market position but needs more investment to grow sufficiently. The chemicals...
03.02.2017
- UK consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser is in advanced negotiations to buy US-based Mead Johnson Nutrition in a deal valued at $16.7 billion. The acquisition would take the...
11.11.2016
- US drug major Pfizer is looking at divesting its $3.5 billion consumer health unit to free up $14 billion in cash, the news agency Reuters has reported, quoting anonymous sources...
06.10.2016
- London-based ratings agency Fitch said it is keeping Bayer’s long- and short-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of A/F1 on Rating Watch Negative (RWN) as well as the senior...
03.10.2016
- French drugmaker Sanofi has appointed Alan Main to lead its over-the-counter (OTC) activities as part of a newly created consumer health global business unit. The new vice...
22.09.2015
- After shedding its plastics business Bayer MaterialScience – now trading as Covestro – the Bayer group is reorganizing its business structure, replacing the strategic management...
