'Positive' Signs Abound For Perrigo, But 'Uncertainty' From Pandemic Complicates Outlook

01 May 2020

"With all the positive things, I'd normally be raising guidance right now," says CEO Murray Kessler as Perrigo reports first-quarter results. But manufacturing operations aren't normal, and neither is the consumer health product marketplace.

"Uncertainty Ahead” sign on a background of blue sky with clouds

Perrigo Co. PLC would have an outlook that couldn't be better if it wasn't for the uncertainty the COVID-19 pandemic imposes on manufacturing and the marketplace.

The OTC private label and store brand giant, with presence also in the infant formula, branded nutritional product and generic...