Merck KGaA Hoists Consumer Health Flag High, Stays The Course For Growth
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The German’s firm’s consumer health division hosts a day-long debate on major pressures and influences facing the OTC and nutritional products sector. "We really want to stick to” the consumer products business, Consumer Health CEO Uta Kemmerich-Keil says.
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