Schering-Plough Q1
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Increased sales of sun care, including the Bain de Soleil and Coppertone brands, helped drive the consumer health segment up 11% over the prior-year period to $345 mil. in the first quarter of 2007. Sun-care sales grew 20% over the prior-year period to $90 mil. during the quarter, Schering-Plough says. Sales of foot care, driven by Dr. Scholl's, decreased 6% to $78 mil., down from $83 mil. in Q1 2006. Chairman and CEO Fred Hassan remarked that the Consumer Health Care businesses are "growing;" other than sun care and foot care, the segment includes the firm's OTC business as well as its OTC Claritin business. Net sales for the quarter totalled $3 bil., up 17% over the prior-year period...
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