Sensitivity To Flu Helped OTC Drug Firms End 2017 With Sales Boost
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Cold and flu products performed “extraordinarily strong” wherever an influenza virus hit hardest, demonstrating “how understanding key incidents can really help tactical support and trade strategies at the local level,” market researcher says at CHPA exec conference.
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