Activist Investor Urges GSK To Consider Consumer Healthcare Sale

Activist investor Elliot Management – which has built up a sizeable stake in GSK – is urging the UK-based pharma giant to remain open to offers for its Consumer Healthcare business and to consider both internal and external candidates for the leadership of the standalone unit. 

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Activist hedge fund Elliott Management is calling on GlaxoSmithKline plc to listen to offers for its Consumer Healthcare business as an alternative to its plan to spin-off and list the business on the London Stock Exchange next year.

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