Article: Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Signs Agreement to Purchase ThermaCare from Procter & Gamble.

Acquisition Strengthens Global Pain Management Franchise

MADISON, N.J., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, a division of Wyeth , announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase ThermaCare(R), a leading over-the-counter heat wrap, from Procter & Gamble . The transaction is expected to close within the next few months.

ThermaCare fits Wyeth Consumer Healthcare's strategy to accelerate growth through innovation, organic geographic growth and strategic acquisitions in the division's base business, which includes some of the world's best-selling pain management, respiratory, nutritional, gastrointestinal and topical ...

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