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HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 11 Jun 2021
Bayer has launched a dedicated Consumer Health business in India to market products in key OTC categories. The company is also working to bring different stakeholders together through the creation of a new organization dedicated to promoting self-care in the South Asian country.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 13 May 2021
A year on from the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and a global rush for supplements, Bayer has cemented these sales gains with slight growth at its Nutritionals business in Q1.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 29 Nov 2020
A nasal spray formulated using compounds already approved by regulatory bodies in Europe and the US can “prevent and slow” transmission of COVID-19, according to UK researchers who are now seeking a partner to commercialize the product.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 27 Nov 2020
An interactive timeline of HBW Insight's coverage of the blossoming European CBD market in 2019. The timeline covers the main events of the year beginning with the European Commission's decision to classify CBD as a novel food, and ending on the filing of the first application for a synthetic form of the cannabis-derived ingredient.
Topic EU Market Intelligence
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 27 Nov 2020
Bayer has teamed up with skin microbiome specialist Azitra to develop consumer health products for a host of conditions.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 17 Nov 2020
Sanofi's recently-appointed Consumer Healthcare head Julie Van Ongevalle says she has identified "untapped potential" for the business to utilize "cutting edge digital platforms." Van Ongevalle revealed her early plans for Sanofi as it reported a drop in Q3 sales.
Topic Sales Earnings Digital Health
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 21 Oct 2020
UK trial involving 5,000 participants "has the potential to give a definitive answer to the question of whether vitamin D offers protection against COVID-19," according to researchers.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 25 Sep 2020
Nestlé Health Science is expanding its CBD offering outside the US with the UK launch of a dietary supplement formulated by cannabis development firm Geocann.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 15 Jul 2020
Coronavirus pandemic drove up sales of vitamin C supplements and other immunity boosters in Italy in the opening three months of the year.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 15 Jul 2020
Reckitt Benckiser's TV ad for Nurofen in New Zealand drew numerous complaints for being "socially irresponsible" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 30 Apr 2020
Bayer posts double-digit rise in Q1 Consumer Health sales off the back of unprecedented demand for its dietary supplements in the middle of the global coronavrius pandemic.
Topic Coronavirus
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 17 Apr 2020
Review by MHRA advisory body finds no issue with ibuprofen use in COVID-19 patients and updates advice to recommend either paracetamol or ibuprofen to treat symptoms.
Topic Coronavirus
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 27 Jan 2020
Advertising dietary supplements in Poland will incur a new tax under proposals from the country's Ministry of Health. While the government claims the motivation is to promote healthy eating choices, industry says supplements have been unfairly linked to poor dietary choices without evidence.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 06 Dec 2019
GSK has launched Flunase in Japan following the switch of fluticasone propionate. JSMI’s Toshi Tominaga gives his assessment of the product’s prospects as an OTC drug.
HBW Insight
By Tom Gallen 22 Nov 2019
Aspirational OTC products such as probiotics are outstripping demand for traditional symptom relievers, IQVIA's Andy Tisman told the recent Ceuta International Conference. Consumer health players must adapt their portfolios to cater for the more health conscious, informed, and digitally-connected consumer, Tisman advises
Topic Business Strategies
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