Reckitt Benckiser Gives Consumer Health Portfolio Its Own Home – What's Next?
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet
Executive Summary
UK manufacturer in January begins operating with a separate health care division, representing 60% of sales with products including Mucinex and Mead Johnson infant and adult formulas, and a home care/hygiene division led by Lysol disinfectants. The plan piques analysts' expectations that operating the divisions separately will lead to divesting one.
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