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  • NBTY event raises over $590K for community wellness

    RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — The NBTY Foundation raised over $590,000 through its 10th Annual Golf Outing this month.

    More than 300 attendees came out for a sun-filled day of golf in Long Island to contribute to NBTY’s efforts to bring wellness to communities. 

  • New 'Aspirin Guide' app helps clinicians determine appropriate aspirin regimen

    BOSTON - To help clinicians and patients make informed decisions about aspirin use, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a new, free, mobile app, "Aspirin-Guide" that calculates both the cardiovascular disease risk score and the bleeding risk score for an individual patient, and helps clinicians decide which patients are appropriate candidates for the use of low-dose aspirin (75 to 81 mg daily).

  • CHPA adds 8 new members, names Perrigo EVP chairman of the board

    WASHINGTON — The Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Thursday elected Jeff Needham as chairman of the CHPA Board of Directors at its June meeting. Needham serves as EVP and general manager of U.S. Consumer Healthcare for Perrigo Company, the nation’s largest manufacturer of over-the-counter private label products for the store brand market.


    Needham succeeds Patrick Lockwood-Taylor, who was previously VP of Personal Health Care North America and Global Digestive Wellness at Proctor & Gamble.

  • Smith Drug Co. gets front-end productivity boost through HRG 360 program

    WAUKESHA, Wis. – Smith Drug Company recently utilized Hamacher Resource Group's 360° Store Assessment program in an effort to boost front-end productivity across its independent retail pharmacy operators, HRG announced Tuesday.

  • HDA recognizes pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with DIANA honors

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The newly rebranded Healthcare Distribution Alliance on Tuesday recognized outstanding pharmaceutical and consumer product manufacturers with the annual Distribution Management Awards for Notable Achievements in Healthcare (DIANA).
     

  • HDMA rebranded as Healthcare Distribution Alliance

  • CHPA testifies on impact FDA's proposed OTC Monograph User Fees may have on innovation

    WASHINGTON — Testifying before the Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Friday expressed cautious optimism on the impact OTC Monograph User Fees may have on OTC innovation. 
     

  • New Cirrus Healthcare earplugs help relieve migraine symptoms

    COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. - Cirrus Healthcare Products recently launched a new migraine relief earplug clinically proven to reduce the duration, intensity and discomfort of migraine headaches called MigraineX. 
     
    Along with the new earplugs, Cirrus will be launching a great aid for migraine sufferers - the MigraineX App. With this app, migraine sufferers will be alerted to changes in barometric pressure that can trigger a migraine attack, allowing users to be prepared to use MigraineX before symptoms start. 
     
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