Schering-Plough results
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Firm's consumer health-care business in the third quarter advanced 2% to $282 mil., hampered in part by lower sales of sun-care and foot-care products, the company reports Oct. 22. According to the Kenilworth, N.J. firm, sales of sun-care brands, including Bain De Soleil and Coppertone, sank 19% to $17 mil. S-P's net sales in the third quarter declined 2% to $4.5 bil., and net income fell 17% to $477 mil. Separately S-P announces Oct. 23 that the European Commission has approved the company's $41.1 bil. merger with pharma giant Merck, which is slated to close in the fourth quarter (1"The Rose Sheet" March 16, 2009, In Brief)