OTC Private Label Anchors Perrigo Amid Branded Business Turmoil

CEO John Hendrickson and CFO Judy Brown reassure investors that Perrigo's US OTC private label platform supports the firm as it makes changes to turn around its European branded product business that stumbled soon after being put together.

All the attention on Perrigo Co. PLC's rocky start in branded consumer health products, say the firm's top executives, overshadows its dominant US market share in private label OTC drug sales built on strong supply chains and retailer relationships.

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