New Products

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets is making it easy for patients to monitor their blood pressure with a stop to the pharmacy at any store, the company announced Wednesday. That’s where customers can find a health station that lets them take their own vital statistics and track them over time, providing the kind of record doctors often ask patients to keep. The Lifeclinic 500 stations can measure blood pressure, pulse, weight and calculate body mass index.

DUBLIN — Actavis announced that it has launched a generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim's Catapres-TTS (clonidine transdermal system, USP, 0.1-mg/day, 0.2-mg/day, and 0.3-mg/day for one week), following the company's final approval on its abbreviated new drug application from the Food and Drug Administration.

Catapres-TTS is used for the treatment of hypertension. The drug had total U.S. sales of approximately $180 million for the 12 months ending Feb. 28, 2014, according to IMS Health.

TREVOSE, Pa. — Insight Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday announced the introduction of the e.p.t Preconception Health Test, a new product that measures vaginal acidity and indicates the presence of infections so women can visit their doctor and seek treatment before trying to conceive. 

ATLANTA — M&M Products Co. has expanded its Nothing But product line with the recent debut of Nothing But’s Melted Shea Butter Leave-In Conditioner.

The product hit shelves at all Sally Beauty stores in April and has a suggested retail price of $7.99.

The leave-in conditioner works without heat for wash-and-go, twists and other no-heat styles after a shampoo. It helps eliminate frizz for any hair type, natural or chemically treated.

HORSHAM, Pa. — Symphony Health Solutions last week announced it now offers weekly views of pharmaceutical sales and prescription activity. The company launched PHAST 2.0 Institutional Weekly and PHAST 2.0 Integrated Weekly, weekly audits of U.S. institutional sales and overall market activity.

SAN FRANCISCO — BareMinerals has announced the nationwide launch of a new fluid foundation that, according to the brand, defies the very notion of a liquid format.

The new bareSkin Pure Brightening Serum Foundation is designed to leverage the brand’s credentials of delivering beautiful skin through its bare minimum approach.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Woolite, a brand from Reckitt Benckiser, announced the launch of Woolite Everyday with Fiber-Flex technology. The new detergent formula helps protect clothes from fading and maintains the shape of the fabric and the fiber elasticity, the company said.

NEW YORK — Maybelline New York is amping up the volume yet again with the introduction of Pumped Up! Colossal Mascara by Volum’Express.
 
The secret is on the inside — a double-curved stem that pumps a double shot of the plumping formula on the oversized brush for bigger, bolder lashes. Pumped Up! Colossal Mascara contains Maybelline’s biggest brush yet for double the collagen, the company said.