GSK withdraws from Consumer-Health bid (Bloomberg)

Novasecta’s Managing Partner, John Rountree, was asked by Bloomberg to comment on GSK pulling their bid for Pfizer Consumer-Health Unit. John commented “this tells you about big pharma’s attitude toward consumer health — the brutal reality is that consumer health is not as profitable as the pharma business. There is something inherently unattractive about consumer health from a profitability point of view.” Elaborating John added “There is a tremendous chance of something big, while consumer health offers the potential for cost savings, it doesn’t offer the same upside.
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