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1 March 2021
RB said Biofreeze was a “perfect fit” with its Health platform – which includes the Nurofen, Moov and Tempra pain relief brands – and would deepen its presence within the broader pain category.
1 March 2021
Private-equity firm Yellow Wood Partners is acquiring the Scholl footcare brand from Reckitt Benckiser (RB) for an undisclosed sum. The deal will reunite Scholl with the Dr. Scholl’s brand after more than 30 years in separate ownership.
1 March 2021
Bayer Consumer Health is strengthening its innovation pipeline and now has more than 110 active projects.
1 March 2021
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is focusing on eight “science platforms” as it steps up investment in research and development across the organisation. The company says it is “doubling” the research and development spend for its OTC portfolio.
1 March 2021
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) says 2020 was a “transformative” year for some of its vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) brands, as heightened awareness of health during the COVID-19 pandemic lifted its overall VMS sales by 32%. Sales of the Airborne immunity supplement more than doubled.
1 March 2021
Bayer Consumer Health’s portfolio of vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) continued to record strong sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2020, but sales of the company’s Allergy & Cold products continued to decline.
26 February 2021
Spain’s Uriach has expanded its consumer healthcare presence by acquiring German company Sidroga from the Strüngmann family for an undisclosed sum.
26 February 2021
Beiersdorf has launched a personalised face care service in Europe under the new brand name O.W.N.
26 February 2021
Beiersdorf’s Consumer division reported worldwide sales down by 6.6% on an organic basis in 2020 as the global skincare market was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. But sales by the company’s Derma business, which houses the Eucerin and Aquaphor brands, increased by 8.3%.
25 February 2021
Bayer Consumer Health’s acquisition of a majority stake in the personalised vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) company Care/of has won the OTCToolbox Consumer Healthcare Industry (CHi) Award for Transaction of the Year.