HEALTH

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.

NEW YORK — Nature's Bounty on Thursday announced the closing of the transaction with global investment firm, KKR, which is now the majority owner of Nature’s Bounty.

Effective upon the transaction close, consumer healthcare veteran Paul Sturman will assume the role of CEO Nature’s Bounty. Sturman succeeds Steve Cahillane, who is stepping down to pursue another opportunity.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy’s largest location featuring its new store format is now open to shoppers at the “crossroads of the world.” The company’s new two-story flagship Times Square location features CVS Pharmacy’s expanded health and beauty focused format the company rolled out earlier this year.

CINCINATTI — Procter & Gamble’s Always Discreet is introducing a fashionable bladder leak protection option for shoppers. The brand on Tuesday launched Always Discreet Boutique, which it said has the look, feel and fit of real underwear — delivering for the 71% of women in an online study it conducted who said they’d keep their bladder leak underwear with the rest of their underwear if it was pretty.

DUBLIN — Perrigo has begun shipping its over-the-counter store-brand Nexium 24HR capsules, the company announced Tuesday, noting that it was first-to-market with the heartburn treatment equivalent.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Foundation Consumer Healthcare’s Theravent brand of anti-snoring strips is launching a new ad campaign telling consumers that they no longer have a good reason to keep them or their partner awake with their snoring. The “No Excuses” campaign is aimed at highlighting the strips’ efficacy and ease of use.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Based on its recent analysis of the home pain management industry, Frost & Sullivan last week recognized Omron Healthcare with the 2017 North America New Product Innovation Award. In line with the growing awareness of the opioid epidemic, Omron Healthcare created its new Heat Pain Pro TENS Unit — the first device on the market that combines TENS technology and heat, which is a combination used by physical therapists to maximize therapy effectiveness.

WASHINGTON — As many as 91% of supplement users let their physicians know about the supplements they are taking, according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s 2016 Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements. '