While leading large pharma with seven out-licensing or divestiture deals apiece during 2018, AstraZeneca and Novartis each slowed their pace somewhat. But several peer companies followed suit, as there were 31 such deals among the 20 largest biopharma firms last year.

J&J agrees to sell marketing rights to its OTC 1% ketoconazole dandruff treatment product to Kramer Labs in the US and Latin America, to German firm Stada in the EMEA and to UK firm Alliance Pharma for the Asia-Pacific market as it continues to spin off non-core brands and focus on its core $1bn brands.

J&J agrees to sell marketing rights to its OTC 1% ketoconazole dandruff treatment product to Kramer Labs in the US and Latin America, to German firm Stada in the EMEA and to UK firm Alliance Pharma for the Asia-Pacific market as it continues to spin off non-core brands and focus on its core $1bn brands.

Carma Labs’ Carmex Cold Sore Treatment claims did not mirror language in two OTC monographs for its active ingredients, the National Advertising Division says in a review of packaging and advertising claims challenged by GlaxoSmithKline's consumer business.