Kenvue Marks Independence By Extending Motrin And Tylenol Lines With Help From A Competitor

Kenvue also not standing apart from competitors concerning headwinds from foreign exchange rates, a slow start to the cough/cold season and looking ahead to FDA decision on oral phenylephrine, it reports with its third-quarter results.

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Kenvue Inc.’s early months as a standalone company, after Johnson & Johnson sold its controlling stake, haven’t meant it’s standing alone in the consumer health segment and isn’t working with competitors to expand its business.

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