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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.

  • HDA recognizes pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with DIANA honors
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The newly rebranded Healthcare Distribution Alliance on Tuesday recognized outstanding pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with the annual Distribution Management Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (DIANA).
     

  • 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. 
     

  • FDA warns against higher-than-recommended doses of OTC diarrhea medicine loperamide
    SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned that taking higher than recommended doses of the common over-the-counter and prescription diarrhea medicine loperamide (the main ingredient in Imodium, for example), including through abuse or misuse of the product, can cause serious heart problems that can lead to death. 
     

  • Mylanta returns to shelf with new formulas, products

    WESTPORT, Conn. -- Heartburn and stomach remedy Mylanta is hitting retail shelves nationwide once again, but this time with an improved taste, extra coating power and new products.

    After leaving the U.S. market in 2010 due to supply issues, the brand has updated Mylanta Maximum Strength's classic lemon mint liquid antacid/anti-gas remedy to offer a smoother, creamier formulation, and is joined by the modern flavor of vanilla caramel – a decadent flavor that is new to the antacid category. 

  • 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. 
     
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