New Products

NEW YORK — Launching exclusively for iOS devices is a new mobile app that applies big data technology to conduct skin analysis of a user’s Facebook photos to measure changes in facial features, makeup, aging and hair to help them better understand their own skin and suggest the best products for them to buy. Enter Beautiful Me.

MADISON, Wis. — Duck duct tape is joining forces with Fiskars to create a new pair of scissors.

The Fiskars Duck Edition scissors are meant to easily cut through duct tape without accumulating sticky buildup, and are coated in a non-stick material. The scissors, which are currently being sold on Fiskars.com and in JoAnn Fabric stores, come in 5- and 8-in. sizes.

NEW YORK — WebMD Health Corp. on Monday announced the launch of WebMD Healthy Target, a health improvement program that gathers data from activity trackers, wireless scales and glucose meters to give consumers physician-reviewed, relevant content and tips that helps them stay on the path of a health-conscious lifestyle.

Healthy Target can interpret step, sleep, weight and blood-glucose data from multiple device manufacturers — including Entra, Fitbit, UP by Jawbone and Withings — into useful insights, the company said.

NEW YORK — Bazooka Candy Brands will collaborate with DreamWorks Animation on a limited-edition candy line, as well as a multiplatform merchandising program, to support the film "How to Train Your Dragon 2." The film opens in theaters June 13.

The campaign will bring consumers a limited-edition Dragon Berry flavor and themed wrapping for Bazooka Candy Brands' top-selling candies, which include Jumbo Push Pop, Juicy Drop Pop, Baby Bottle Pop and Ring Pop.

NEW YORK — New approaches to treating cancer are creating big growth opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry, Moody's Investors Service stated in a report released Thursday titled "Cancer Breakthroughs Bring New Options for Patients and Revenue Streams to Big Pharma." Drugs for the treatment of solid tumors in prevalent cancer types will serve a large and growing market, the report noted.

LOS ANGELES — Sanrio, a global lifestyle brand best known for pop icon Hello Kitty, and nail fashion brand NCLA have partnered to release an exclusive collection of custom Hello Kitty nail wraps.

Launching September, the collection will fuse the iconic style of Hello Kitty with NCLA’s creative flare for nail art. This collaboration is one of many partnerships this year designed to celebrate Hello Kitty’s 40th anniversary.

NEW YORK — Looking to deliver “an honest view” of the retail environment, Kline & Co. has created a new research tool dubbed Shop Scout: A Mobile View of U.S. Beauty Shopper Behavior, which will be published monthly beginning fourth quarter 2014.

CHICAGO — A study published Wednesday on JAMA's website found that diabetes patients taking metformin had a higher risk of all-cause death when insulin was added to their treatment as compared to when sulfonylureas were added to treatment.