Perrigo Pegs Growth To Initiating OTC Switches, Not Following Brands' NDAs
Executive Summary
"A foundation of this business has been," says Perrigo's Americas consumer business chief, Jeffrey Needham, "we are a fast follower. That's been our traditional model. We can't afford to do that going forward." In addition to initiating moving ingredients from Rx to OTC, firm is developing "national better brand" versions of drugs already available OTC.
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