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Bayer Consumer Health On Track Despite Slow Start

 
• By Tom Gallen

Bayer Consumer Health is focused on driving up consumption, particularly in the US, following a slow start to 2024. New president Julio Triana says he feels confident for the remainder of the year with the business in good shape.

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• Source: Bayer

Bayer Consumer Health may have endured a slow start to the year but will turn it around in the second half, according to president Julio Triana.

First-quarter sales adjusted for currency and portfolio effects fell back by 1.9% to as a weak cold and flu season...

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