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

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.