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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer (PFE) plan to combine their consumer health-care units and eventually spin off the joint venture, creating the world’s largest seller of drugstore staples like Advil and Sensodyne toothpaste, The Wall Street Journal writes. It’s an unexpected conclusion to a year-long process by Pfizer to shed its consumer business, as it and other pharmaceutical companies focus more on higher-margin prescription drugs. Glaxo has been pursuing the same focus, though has until now stayed committed to its consumer business.

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