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GlaxoSmithKline unveils Haleon, the new brand name for its outgoing consumer health unit

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  • cafead   Feb 22, 2022 at 11:22: AM
via CEO, check. Chairman, check. Now, a new name for GlaxoSmithKline's consumer health unit? Also check.


Haleon, pronounced “Hay-Lee-On,” will be GSK Consumer Health’s new name once it spins off from the group and debuts as a standalone company mid-2022, GSK unveiled Tuesday.

The moniker combines blessings of “in good health” and “strength” from the words “Hale” and “Leon,” respectively.

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