Roche Vitamins Divestiture Will Not Occur Piecemeal, Chairman Says
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Hoffman-La Roche's Vitamins & Fine Chemicals division could be sold to a raw material supplier without a substantial presence in vitamins or to a large food manufacturer
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