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US quartet lead on Kimberly-Clark’s $49bn acquisition of Tylenol-maker

US quartet lead on Kimberly-Clark’s $49bn acquisition of Tylenol-maker

Four top US firms have taken prominent roles on consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark’s multibillion-dollar deal to acquire Kenvue – the former consumer healthcare division of Johnson & Johnson.

The two companies announced today (3 November) that they had reached a deal which values Kenvue – the manufacturer of Tylenol, the painkiller recently linked to autism by US President Donald Trump – at approximately $48.7bn.

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