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Bayer’s “challenging year” persisting

What is proving to be a “challenging year” for Bayer Consumer Health has continued into the second quarter of 2018, according to the German group’s chief executive officer Werner Baumann.

What is proving to be a “challenging year” for Bayer Consumer Health has continued into the second quarter of 2018, according to the German group’s chief executive officer Werner Baumann.

Reporting second-quarter sales at Consumer Health down by 8.4% – 1.4% adjusted for currency and portfolio effects – to €1.41...

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