Supplement Firms Could Lighten FDA Inspection Load, Need Lighter Drug Preclusion Touch – CRN

Supplement Firms Could Lighten FDA Inspection Load, Need Lighter Drug Preclusion Touch – CRN

 

CRN suggestion that FDA prioritize facility inspections on firms which haven’t been cleared in third-party audits apparently has support at agency. But FDA hasn’t been receptive to adjusting its policy on precluding from use as dietary ingredients any substance studied or approved as a drug.

US Consumer Health Sports Marketing: Opill/WNBA, Recover 180/NBA, Bucked Up/McGregor

US Consumer Health Sports Marketing: Opill/WNBA, Recover 180/NBA, Bucked Up/McGregor

 

Opill marketer Perrigo builds on marketing collaboration with WNA in partnership with Napheesa Collier; Bucked Up partners with MMA champion and entrepreneur Conor McGregor; and Recover 180 collaborates with NBA players.

Stada Bolsters OTC Production With Romanian Site

Stada Bolsters OTC Production With Romanian Site

 
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Stada will ship a wide range of consumer healthcare products from its new Romanian production facility, into which the German firm has invested over €70m.

Venture Life Taps Into Growing Menopause Market With H&H Deal

Venture Life Taps Into Growing Menopause Market With H&H Deal

 
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Focusing on the transitional elements of hormone health, marketing dietary supplements to women going through perimenopause and menopause, Health & Her has been acquired by UK-based Venture Life.


More Herbalife Distributors, More For Them To Do

More Herbalife Distributors, More For Them To Do

 

Direct seller's going to need more than larger number of distributors to generate sustainable growth, analysts say.

Bausch + Lomb Results Enhance Acquisition Image

Bausch + Lomb Results Enhance Acquisition Image

 

Firm’s future, as a separate business nearly 90% owned by Bausch Health, or as a standalone with different ownership or one not controlled by a majority owner, claims high profile in analysts’ comments and predictions. B+L is in the driver’s seat, they say.

Haleon Talks Up China Strength As Investment Grows

Haleon Talks Up China Strength As Investment Grows

 
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Haleon highlighted consistent market share gains in China as it reported third-quarter results.

US Nutrition Market Business News: Boka Well, Beachbody/HSAs, Dr Pepper/Ghost, More

US Nutrition Market Business News: Boka Well, Beachbody/HSAs, Dr Pepper/Ghost, More

 

Beachbody offers supplement sales using health savings accounts; PlantX, Boka launches oral health supplements; supplements take Form from RTE meal provider Factor; LIV3 JV behind marketing SugarShield; Ghost among Keurig Dr Pepper brands; and Nutra-Med Packaging expands with Legacy Pharma.


Age-Restricting Sales Of Supplements, OTCs Remains Action Item For New Jersey Lawmakers

Age-Restricting Sales Of Supplements, OTCs Remains Action Item For New Jersey Lawmakers

 

New Jersey Assembly passed bill amended to expand extensively in defining which products, or ingredients, would be subject to a ban on sales to consumers younger than 18.

CRN Appeals To US Supplement Industry For ‘Promoting A More Responsible Industry’

CRN Appeals To US Supplement Industry For ‘Promoting A More Responsible Industry’

 

In first of two articles from recent interview, president and CEO Steve Mister discusses examples the trade group provides for self-regulation, “where people or companies who might not do it on their own because it would put them at a disadvantage if they were the only ones.”

Reckitt Promises ‘Big’ Q4 As Consumer Health Market Share Rebounds

Reckitt Promises ‘Big’ Q4 As Consumer Health Market Share Rebounds

 
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A better than expected showing from its Health business in its latest quarter has teed up Reckitt for a big finish to the year.

US Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: B+L’s Independence Has Private Equity Interest

US Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: B+L’s Independence Has Private Equity Interest

 

Kenvue may have to start sharing time with Bausch + Lomb in investors’ discussions about the outlook for success at US consumer health firms separated from former parent firms as they and their competitors begin reporting the results for their latest quarters.


Irish Iron Specialist Solvotrin Partners With Clue Menstrual Health App

Irish Iron Specialist Solvotrin Partners With Clue Menstrual Health App

 
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Cork-based iron supplement manufacturer Solvotrin teams up with app developer Clue to offer consumers a free year's subscription to the latter's menstrual health app.

Euro Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: Sanofi, Haleon, Reckitt, Bayer

Euro Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: Sanofi, Haleon, Reckitt, Bayer

 
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Major Europe-based consumer health players Sanofi, Haleon, Reckitt and Bayer feature in this sales and earnings preview, which highlights what to look out for as these four firms report their Q3 2024 results over the coming weeks.

Consumer Health Market Business: ‘BBCOM,’ Hello Cake, Actylis/Pharm-Rx, 5 Star Franchises, More

Consumer Health Market Business: ‘BBCOM,’ Hello Cake, Actylis/Pharm-Rx, 5 Star Franchises, More

 

Bodybuilding.com reintroduces itself as ‘BBCOM’ with new plans; Flashlight Capital bids to buy Korea tobacco giant’s ginseng business; Hello Cake acquires Trigg Laboratories to be vertically integrated; Actylis expands into supplements, OTCs with Pharm-Rx; Helaina adds $45M funding, launches ingredient sales; ophthalmic drug firm Scope adds Eyevitamins supplements; 5 Star Nutrition’s franchising to expand.

Nestlé Health Science Recovery ‘On Track’ As VMS Business Records Double-Digit Growth

Nestlé Health Science Recovery ‘On Track’ As VMS Business Records Double-Digit Growth

 
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Nestlé's US dietary supplement brands are beginning to take back market share a year on from a IT malfunction which has proved harder to recover from than first expected.


Private Equity Poised To Take Control Of Opella But Sanofi Will Retain Sizable Stake

Private Equity Poised To Take Control Of Opella But Sanofi Will Retain Sizable Stake

 
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Control of Sanofi Consumer Healthcare – recently rebranded as Opella – may soon pass to US private-equity firm CD&R but the French firm looks set to retain a substantial stake in a business which has some big Rx-to-OTC switches in the pipeline.

US Nutrition Market People News: CRN/Radicle Award, Nourish, VSI, LabConnect, Akita, More

US Nutrition Market People News: CRN/Radicle Award, Nourish, VSI, LabConnect, Akita, More

 

CRN/Radicle Trailblazing Woman Award to ChromaDex’s Yasmeen Nkrumah-Elie; Nourish’s TV ad campaign features US soccer star Alex Morgan; Vitamin Shoppe BodyTech Elite Altered Strength line sponsors Team Red, White & Blues; contract pharma/consumer health product development firm LabConnect appoints Wesley Wheeler CEO; Avanos’ Game Ready is “Recovery Partner” of NFL’s Nick Bosa; Akita adds Robert Hanson to advisory board; and BODi has wrestler as brand ambassador

German OTC Marketing News: Launches From Bayer, Stada, Hermes And Klosterfrau

German OTC Marketing News: Launches From Bayer, Stada, Hermes And Klosterfrau

 
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Bayer adds dry eye treatment to its Bepanthen skin care range; Stada launches special edition Elotrans supplement for Eintracht Frankfurt fans; Hermes offers chewable magnesium supplement; and Klosterfrau introduces Oyono Night extension to help troubled sleepers maintain their immunity.

UK’s ProBiotix Strikes Probiotic Distribution Deals In Ukraine And Greece

UK’s ProBiotix Strikes Probiotic Distribution Deals In Ukraine And Greece

 
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ProBiotix Health has announced two commercial partnerships for the distribution of its probiotic ingredients, with Deutsch-Pharm in Ukraine and Eifron in Greece respectively.