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8 May 2020
Church & Dwight has reported higher consumer demand as well as elevated usage for its vitamins and nasal hygiene products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 May 2020
Stada is stepping up its consumer healthcare presence in the Asia-Pacific region through a partnership with Yiling Pharmaceutical in China, an e-commerce initiative in China and a new subsidiary in Vietnam.
1 May 2020
Worldwide sales at GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK's) Consumer Healthcare business increased by 46% at constant exchange rates in the first quarter of 2020, following consolidation of Pfizer’s Consumer Healthcare products and the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 May 2020
Europe’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the suspension of all medicines containing ranitidine in the European Union.
30 April 2020
Belgian consumer healthcare company Oystershell Laboratories has recruited Mike Van Ganse as chief executive officer with effect from 1 May 2020.
29 April 2020
Strong demand for vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) helped lift Bayer Consumer Health’s worldwide sales up by 13.5% on a currency- and portfolio-adjusted basis to EUR1.40 billion (USD1.55 billion) in the first quarter of 2020.
28 April 2020
Sanofi's Consumer Healthcare business reported worldwide sales up by 4.2% at constant exchange rates in the first quarter of 2020. Paul Hudson, Sanofi's chief executive officer, said consumer stocking associated with the COVID-19 pandemic had contributed around six percentage points of growth.
28 April 2020
Sanofi Consumer Healthcare’s development plans for switching Cialis (tadalafil) and Tamiflu (oseltamivir) from prescription-to-OTC status in the US remain “on track”, according to Paul Hudson, Sanofi’s chief executive officer.
28 April 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Council has adopted the European Commission’s proposal to postpone by one year the date of application of the new Medical Devices Regulation, regulatory agencies around the world have stepped up global collaboration, and the US has taken action on h...
27 April 2020
France has placed restrictions on the sale of nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) products, following reports that nicotine may have a protective effect against COVID-19.