Bayer Consumer Health Yet To Turn Corner Due To Supply, Innovation Detours
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Company needs to get beyond a supply problem for products including iconic Bayer Aspirin brand and heat up Coppertone sun care and sunscreen product sales with line extensions to help drive the consumer health business to heights envisioned as part of an expansion a few years ago.
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