GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer plan to demerge into two operations
By DW
23 December 2018 |
1:13 pm
UK drugmaker Glaxo wants to split in two businesses, after agreeing with its US rival Pfizer to form a consumer health joint venture that will become the world's biggest provider of non-prescription drugs.
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