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Merck Reaffirms Commitment To Consumer Care In Restructuring

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Merck says it remains committed to retaining consumer care and animal health, though it continues to evaluate the businesses. Competitors such as Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb successfully spun out non-pharma assets following similar restructurings.

Merck & Co. Inc.beginsa restructuring expected to eliminate 8,500 positions and generate savings of $2.5 billion by 2015 with no immediate plans to divest its consumer health business, which recently launched a first-in-class OTC switch, Oxytrol for Women overactive bladder patch.

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