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Probe Into GSK/Pfizer Consumer Tie-up Launched By Australian Competition Watchdog

 
• By Tom Gallen

Assessing how closely GSK's brands such as Panadol compete with Pfizer brands like Robitussin is the aim of an investigation launched by Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission into the pharma giants' proposed consumer health joint venture. 

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GSK's Panadol cold and flu and pain relief lines are leading brands in the Australian market • Source: Shutterstock

GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s plan to form a consumer health joint venture with Pfizer Inc. has caught the eye of Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission, which has initiated an informal review of the proposed deal to assess whether it is “likely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition” in the country’s consumer health market.

The ACCC is inviting interested parties to comment on the deal – particularly on overlaps between GSK’s and Pfizer’s respective...

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