Tylenol Relieves Pain For J&J Consumer As Baby Care Relaunch Loses Steam
Executive Summary
Tylenol brand boosts J&J US OTC sales 8.4% to $477m, helping balance a 24.1% decline in baby care sales due to restocking reformulated Johnson’s Baby line in 2018, mostly in the US. Firm reports consumer health sales in the US were up 1.7% to $1.39bn.
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