J&J Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Nutritionals Group Created, Perkins At Helm
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Nineteen-year J&J veteran Brian Perkins assumes worldwide responsibility for McNeil Consumer Healthcare, J&J/Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals and McNeil Specialty Products in his role as worldwide chairman of the newly created Consumer Pharmaceuticals & Nutritional Products Group, the company announced Sept. 29.
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