Irish entrepreneur Murphy sells Viviscal for €150 million

Viviscal hair supplement products are sold around world and popular with celebrities

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Viviscal, the beauty products group owned by Galway businessman James Murphy, has been sold to an American company in a deal understood to be worth about €150 million.

The company is being acquired by New York stock exchange listed Church & Dwight and further details are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Viviscal hair supplement products are sold around world and are popular with celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow and Miley Cyrus for ...