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RB To Split OTC And Infant Nutrition As CEO Hits Reset Button

 
• By Tom Gallen

Reckitt Benckiser's new CEO Laxman Narasimhan has unveiled a turnaround plan which will see the company's OTC drugs and dietary supplements housed in a separate business to its infant nutrition products. RB is investing £2bn to get back on track after a couple of difficult years.

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Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC’s Health business became “large, unwieldy and unfocused” under previous management, stated the firm’s new CEO Laxman Narasimhan.

Addressing investors as RB reported its 2019 results, Narasimhan – who took the helm on 1 September – was critical...

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