Company Mergers Can Cut Costs Without Cutting Prices For Consumers, Study Finds

Merging companies might become cheaper and more efficient to run, but savings are not necessarily passed onto shoppers – and in some cases customers end up paying more, according to new research.The study examined what happened after pharmaceutical giants GSK and Pfizer combined their consumer healthcare businesses in 2019.Researchers from Loughborough University, the University of East Anglia (UEA), the Philippine Competition Commission, the University of the Philippines and E.C