In Brief: Vitacost Bends To Investors, Actavis Makes Asian Moves, DSM Courts Vitamin C Firm
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Truce for Vitacost, investors; Actavis buys Silom Medical; DSM courts Aland; ChromaDex shares product libraries; Tenn. blocks drug felons buying PSE; FTC finalizes L’Occitane settlement; and more In Brief.
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