When asked for an update on the selloffs during the first-quarter earnings call, Bayer's chief financial officer, Wolfgang Nickl, said the company expected to complete the Coppertone deal in the first half of the year and Dr. Scholl's in the second half. He declined to provide details on the effort to sell off animal health, saying only "I can confirm that for all of these assets there is keen interest because of their attractiveness." RELATED: With Bayer predicting slowdowns for Xarelto and Eylea, what will fill the gap?