EU Business News: GSK Consumer Gets New Name, Navamedic Strikes Ipsen Deal, Enzymatica Optimistic After Tough Year
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Round-up of the latest European consumer health business news: GSK reveals name for standalone consumer health business will be Haleon; Norways' Navamedic strikes a distribution deal with Ipsen for select GI OTC products; and Sweden's Enzymatica hopeful that changed consumer behaviors will help its sales rebound in 2022.
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