Consumer Business An Asset To Pfizer, A Divestment Chip To Analysts
Executive Summary
CEO Ian Read says selling the consumer business has to do more than boost Pfizer's treasury. "If there is a better mix, we are always open to it, but it has to be for strategic reasons rather than cash," he says.
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