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Bayer to Keep Acquired Non-drug Merck Brands

04.07.2014 - Bayer HealthCare said it plans to keep consumer brands such as Dr. Scholl's and Coppertone it picked up in its $14 billion buy of US Merck's non-prescription drugs business in May...

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EPA and Reckitt Benckiser Agree to Cancel Rodenticides

04.06.2014 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached agreement with consumer chemicals producer Reckitt Benckiser to cancel 12 d-CON mouse and rat poison products that no...

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Bayer to Pay $14.2 Billion for U.S. Merck’s Consumer Business

07.05.2014 - As expected, Germany's Bayer has emerged as the winner of the race to acquire U.S. Merck's consumer care business. The $14.2 billion deal announced on May 5 is expected to close in...

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Merck Consumer Unit Said to be Worth $14 Billion for Bayer

05.05.2014 - With UK consumer health giant Reckitt having bowed out of the race to acquire the consumer business of U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co, Germany's Bayer is said to be in exclusive...

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Bayer, Novartis said to Eye Merck & Co consumer health unit

21.02.2014 - A handful of consumer and healthcare companies including Germany's Bayer and Switzerland's Novartis are exploring a deal for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare business, people...

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Reckitt Benckiser Says Pharma Review Ongoing

13.02.2014 - Reckitt Benckiser has said the strategic review of its pharmaceuticals business is still in progress and it will update investors over the course of 2014. In October 2013, the...

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Heavy Flu Season Helps Reckitt Beat Profit Forecasts

13.02.2013 - An unusually severe cold and flu season in the United States helped drive full-year profits higher at Britain's Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Strepsils throat lozenges and Mucinex...

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Merck KGaA to Resist Lure of Potential Proceeds from OTC Sale

27.11.2012 - Merck KGaA said it would keep its non-prescription drugs unit even as a tussle over vitamin maker Schiff Nutrition highlighted the rich sale premium it could fetch. Merck's...