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  • CVS Pharmacy introduces 2,500 health and wellness SKUs under CVS Health banner
    WOONSOCKET, R.I. –  CVS Pharmacy on Wednesday launched a new flagship line of more than 2,500 health and wellness products under the CVS Health banner, implementing the next phase in the company’s commitment to transforming its stores into premier health and beauty destinations.
     

  • Breaking through the sea of sameness

    There were more than 2,400 health, beauty and wellness items launched in 2015. And if historical percentages play out, of those less than 10% will emerge as successful brands with “staying power.”

  • Kantar Retail Drug Channel Workshop charts present, future of retail health and wellness
    The drug channel is undergoing massive transformation as a new age of healthcare consumerism is driving a new retail-ization of healthcare. "The old paradigm of a patient is now a consumer looking for information," said Kantar Retail director Brian Owens, setting the table for two days of intense discussion and in-depth presentations at the group's annual Drug Channel Workshop last week.
     

  • Study: Moms who get flu shot while pregnant provide significant protection to newborn
    SALT LAKE CITY - Babies whose moms get flu vaccinations while pregnant have a significantly reduced risk of acquiring influenza during their first six months of life, a new study shows, leading the authors to declare that the need for getting more pregnant women immunized is a public health priority.
     

  • Perrigo first-to-market with private label offering of Mucinex 1200mg DM extended-release
    DUBLIN - Perrigo and its partner Allergan on Tuesday announced the launch of guaifenesin 1200mg and dextromethorphan HBr 60mg extended-release tablets, the first OTC store brand equivalent to Mucinex 1200mg DM extended-release tablets. 
     

  • Arizona, Texas top Walgreens Flu Index 'most active' list for 2015/2016 season
    DEERFIELD, Ill. - With flu activity winding down in the U.S., Walgreens on Friday announced the top markets and states for flu activity for the season, according to its season-ending Walgreens Flu Index examining aggregate prescription data from Nov. 2015 through mid-April 2016.
     
    The states with the highest rates of influenza, according to the Index, were Arizona, Texas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.
     

  • Georgia becomes state No. 33 to adopt NPLEx
    WASHINGTON - Georgia earlier this week became state No. 33 to adopt the real-time, stop-sale technology called the National Precursor Log Exchange, a blocking system used across the country which prevents the illegal sale of pseudoephedrine, an ingredient sometimes used in the production of methamphetamine. 
     

  • Perrigo names new leader of company's Branded Consumer Healthcare division
    DUBLIN - Perrigo on Thursday announced that Sharon Kochan, Perrigo EVP and general manager, international, will have expanded responsibilities that will now include providing leadership and strategic direction to the company's Branded Consumer Healthcare segment following the resignation of Marc Coucke, who previously served as EVP and general manager of the BCH segment.
     
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