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RECKITT BENCKISER TO BUY OTC UNIT
October 7, 2005
Household products group Reckitt Benckiser on Friday won an auction to buy Boots Group's over-the-counter drugs unit, Boots Healthcare International, for 1.93 billion pounds ($3.42 billion) in cash. Reckitt Benckiser (UK:RB: news, chart, profile) won an auction that included GlaxoSmithKline (GSK: news, chart, profile) and Bayer (BAY: news, chart, profile) for the unit that makes Nurofen, the world's second-most popular Ibuprofen brand; Strepsils, the world's top sore throat medication; and the Clearasil anti-acne drug.