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20 November 2020
Pakistan’s CCL Pharmaceuticals has acquired a 51% stake in StratHealth Pharma of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for an undisclosed sum.
20 November 2020
Johnson & Johnson’s Benacort Hayfever Relief – containing the intranasal corticosteroid budesonide – has been switched to general-sales list (GSL) status in the UK.
20 November 2020
Research highlighting a benefit of making the progestogen-only pill available without a prescription has been welcomed by switch specialist Maxwellia, which is one of the companies seeking to switch such products from prescription-only to pharmacy status in the UK.
20 November 2020
Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn business have now been combined into Viatris, and Venture Life has raised additional funds.
20 November 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised the first COVID-19 test that can be “fully self-administered and provide results at home”.
20 November 2020
Switch specialist Maxwellia has created a new position, Stada has appointed a global head of digital communications, and the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) has a new president.
18 November 2020
Are you proud of one of your company's consumer healthcare product innovations in 2020? Then enter it for the OTCToolbox Consumer Healthcare Industry (CHi) Award for Innovation of the Year.
17 November 2020
Promoting the self-care industry as a true contributor to a healthier world is the most important objective for the Global Self-Care Federation (GSCF), says Bayer Consumer Health’s Heiko Schipper, who has just been elected chair of the federation. Sustainability is also an important issue, Schipper...
17 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted so long that changes in people’s behaviour are likely to continue affecting the consumer healthcare market for the foreseeable future, according to Bayer Consumer Health’s Heiko Schipper, who has just been elected chair of the Global Self-Care Federation (GSCF).
16 November 2020
Consumer healthcare company Cooper-Vemedia-Diepharmex has rebranded itself as Cooper Consumer Health and is set to acquire Laboratoire Tradiphar.