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In this Issue

  • Owen Mumford to debut insulin injection guide

    Owen Mumford is releasing an insulin injection guide to better assist healthcare professionals in educating patients on healthy injection routines. Called “Injecting with Insulin: A Guide to Good Injection Technique,” the guide will be offered in both digital and print formats as early as this month.

    (To view the full Home Health Care Report, click here.)

  • New final FDA guidance begins to clear path for more biosimilars

    As 2016 drew to a close, the Food and Drug Administration gave a gift of sorts to drug makers looking to submit to the agency an application for approval of a biosimilar drug when it issued its final guidance, “Clinical Pharmacology Data to Support a Demonstration of Biosimilarity to a Reference Product.”

    (To view the full Category Review, click here.)

    The finalized guidance follows the draft guidance the agency issued in May 2014.

  • Quest for the perfect smile helps lift oral care category

    America’s selfie-, Instagram- and overall social media-obsessed habits are propelling growth of oral care products promising instant fixes.

    (To view the full Category Review, click here.)

  • THE TAKEAWAY: True grit — Mark Panzer, SVP pharmacy, health and wellness, Albertson’s

    After four decades in retailing, Panzer has been lucky enough to have a number of great mentors in business, but the Albertson’s healthcare chief tells DSN some of the most important lessons he ever learned came as a young cowhand on his grandmother’s Santa Fe ranch.

  • New items resonate with consumers

    A number of recent product offerings in the VMS space may represent white-space opportunities — or products that help create a marketing or merchandising niche that resonates with today’s consumer.

  • Multivitamins still provide plenty of opportunities via gummies, probiotics

    Overall, sales of multivitamins are relatively flat — 0.2% annual growth toward a $1.8 billion base. But according to the latest consumer survey from the Council for Responsible Nutrition, 3-in-4 adults use a multivitamin. So, have sales of multivitamins plateaued, or are there pockets of opportunity out there?

  • Aromatherapy is piping hot

    The proof a category is hot can be measured not only by the number of players looking to participate in that category, but also by the heft of new entrants. Such is the case with aromatherapy, and this year, a major player in the VMS space is “getting their sniff on.”

  • Plant-based protein takes off

    Drug Store News spoke with Troy Talarico, VP sales Fusion Diet Systems, regarding the consumer diet aid trend favoring meal-replacement offerings over quick-fix solutions.

    (Click here to view the full VMS Report.)

    DSN: What are the factors driving the growth in sales of diet aids and meal-replacement solutions across retail pharmacy?

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