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GSK Divesting Horlicks Nutritional Business, Investing In OTC Production

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Latest consumer health investment was $36m upgrade to a Canadian facility, which by mid-2019 will begin making Voltaren OTC topical gel products. GSK's next move in consumer health divestment is its pending sale of its Horlicks business.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC's solo flight in the consumer health space features more of the investing and divesting it did while operating the business as the majority owner of a joint venture.

GSK's latest consumer health investment was a $36m upgrade to a Canadian facility, where by mid-2019 it will begin making...

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