Merz splits into 3 businesses for better customer focus

Merz, going for a strong customer focus, recently did something many of its pharma peers have done over the last few years: split into distinct operating businesses.

The aesthetics unit, now called Merz Aesthetics, is the largest of the three, beating out consumer care and therapeutics. It's also the biggest company in the world dedicated solely to medical aesthetics; that distinction puts it ahead of rivals Allergan and Galderma, which have bigger market shares in medical aesthetics but also produce and market products in other therapy areas.