Bayer ‘Outperforming’ Market As Turnaround Plan Bears Fruit
Executive Summary
Bayer says its Consumer Health sales grew at twice the rate of the market in Q3, thanks to a number of operational changes instituted by business head Heiko Schipper back in 2018.
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