HEALTH

CNBC’s Lemonis stresses connection with customers at Emerson Group event
PHILADELPHIA — The Emerson Group in late September hosted its 10th Annual Retail Industry Day to a packed room with hundreds of merchants eager to discover how to better proposition their products for tomorrow's ever-evolving consumer.

They weren't disappointed.
Lilly launches Humalog Junior KwikPen
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly’s latest introduction is making half-unit doses of insulin easier for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The company on Wednesday launched its Humalog Junior KwikPen, which it said is the only prefilled, disposable half-unit insulin pen. The Food and Drug Administration approved the product in June to treat diabetes.

GSK Consumer Healthcare deploys Thinfilm smart shelf tags with Flonase

OSLO, Norway — Thinfilm Electronics on Tuesday announced GSK Consumer Healthcare has commercially deployed Thinfilm’s SpeedTap tags to create interactive ‘smart’ shelves for enhanced communication with consumers at time of purchase decision-making in Canada.
Carrot gains FDA approval for new OTC smoking cessation tool
Dietary Supplement Caucus schools Congress on VMS benefits

WASHINGTON — More than 60 Congressional staffers and guests gathered for the 31st Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus briefing last week to learn more about dietary supplement use and nutrient intakes in U.S. adults, as well as ways to improve nutritional habits and access to products that will help them achieve their health and wellness goals.
FDA approves Novo Nordisk’s Fiasp fast-acting insulin

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new fast-acting mealtime insulin from Novo Nordisk. The agency granted approval to Fiasp to treat adults with diabetes.

The drug is a formulation featuring the company’s NovoLog insulin aspart developed with the aim of achieving properties that more closely match the natural physiological insulin mealtime response of someone without diabetes.
Anlit launches Omega Bites under Meijer own brand umbrella

TEL-AVIV, Israel — Anlit on Monday introduced Omega Bites under the Meijer supermarket's children's label. Omega Bites are a high-DHA+EPA omega-3 supplement in a single, fish-shaped orange-chocolate flavored chewable for children.
10 Truths of OTC No. 1: Recognizing there's a problem in the first place

Over the last 20 years, DewGibbons + Partners has helped design some of the world’s most iconic and successful OTC brands, resulting in a deep appreciation of the visual and physical cues — and regulatory limitations — in the self-care and OTC marketplace. The need to challenge those cues and limits is becoming far more frequent.
Congress introduces legislation to include multis in SNAP benefits

WASHINGTON — Earlier this week several Congress leaders introduced HR 3841, the SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2017, which allows for the inclusion of a multivitamin under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Ritzman broadens scope of 'Ritzman Revives' program

MEDINA, Ohio — As an answer to a dated, commoditized pharmacy experience, Ritzman Pharmacy is launching new products and services to better align with the actual role pharmacists play in the lives and wellness of patients with a series of comprehensive wellness assessments, the Ohio retailer announced Friday.