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  • CHPA adds 8 new members, names Perrigo EVP chairman of the board

    WASHINGTON — The Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Thursday elected Jeff Needham as chairman of the CHPA Board of Directors at its June meeting. Needham serves as EVP and general manager of U.S. Consumer Healthcare for Perrigo Company, the nation’s largest manufacturer of over-the-counter private label products for the store brand market.


    Needham succeeds Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, who was previously VP of Personal Health Care North America and Global Digestive Wellness at Proctor & Gamble.

  • Smith Drug Co. gets front-end productivity boost through HRG 360 program

    WAUKESHA, Wis. – Smith Drug Company recently utilized Hamacher Resource Group's 360° Store Assessment program in an effort to boost front-end productivity across its independent retail pharmacy operators, HRG announced Tuesday.

  • HDMA rebranded as Healthcare Distribution Alliance

  • CHPA testifies on impact FDA's proposed OTC Monograph User Fees may have on innovation
    WASHINGTON — Testifying before the Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Friday expressed cautious optimism on the impact OTC Monograph User Fees may have on OTC innovation. 
     

  • HRG to moderate front-end focused session at HDMA BLC
    WAUKESHA, Wis. – Hamacher Resource Group will serve as moderator of the session, “Ask the Distributors – How to Fuel the Front-end,” on June 13 at the Front-end Forum, part of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association Business and Leadership Conference at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., the company announced Tuesday. 
     

  • Weis Markets strengthens diabetes offering through Omnis Health
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Omnis Health recently announced that Weis Markets has agreed to add its line of Embrace products to their blood glucose monitoring planogram, including the EmbracePRO system, the EmbraceEVO system, and the EmbraceEVO Complete Gestational Diabetes Monitoring Kit.
     
    To combat the recent reduction in competitive bidding, Omnis Health has launched the EmbracePRO into the retail pharmacy chain as a viable solution to the ever-changing reimbursement landscape for diabetes testing, the company noted. 

  • DSN, Mack Elevation host first-ever Future Leaders Summit
    CHICAGO — There are more than 58,000 books dedicated to the subject of leadership for sale on Amazon. Yet, it's still one of the most misunderstood topics in business, Mack Elevation Forum founder and managing director Dan Mack told an audience of almost 150 executives gathered here, Tuesday, at the Chicago Art Institute , setting the stage for the first-ever Future Leaders Summit.
     

  • Nonin makes case for best-in-class oximeter
    MINNEAPOLIS - Nonin Medical on Tuesday announced the results of a new independent hypoxia lab study in humans that demonstrates that Nonin's PureSAT pulse oximetry technology captures and reports worsening patient conditions better than other Food and Drug Administration-cleared oximeter brands. 
     
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