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10 September 2020
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare is launching Advil Dual Action in the US with help from actress Angela Kinsey, Mentholatum has two new products in the US, Perrigo has now launched its store-brand version of Voltaren Arthritis Pain in the US, and RB is supplying free access to Dettol hand s...
7 September 2020
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has recruited DuPont’s Angela Naef as chief research and development officer and a member of its Executive Committee.
6 July 2020
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has recruited Procter & Gamble’s (P&G’s) Volker Kuhn as chief transformation officer with effect from 1 August 2020. He will be a member of RB’s global executive committee.
1 July 2020
iNova Pharmaceuticals is seeking consumer healthcare innovations through iPitch 2020, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is working with ResApp Health on a smartphone app, and personalised probiotics specialist Sun Genomics has raised funding of USD8.65 million.
11 June 2020
Sami Naffakh is rejoining RB as chief supply officer and a member of the company’s executive committee with effect from 1 July 2020.
8 May 2020
Worldwide sales at RB’s OTC business shot up by a third on a like-for-like basis in the first quarter of 2020 as demand was boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic. RB said there had been “exceptional demand” for Mucinex in North America and for Nurofen in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
20 March 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pierre Fabre is starting to manufacture hydroalcoholic gels, Beiersdorf has stepped up production of medical grade disinfectants, RB has launched a public health information campaign, and Procter & Gamble’s (P&G’s) Vicks brand has donated USD1 million to a medic...
3 March 2020
RB plans to reorganise around three global business units – Hygiene, Health and Nutrition – and invest GBP2 billion (USD2.5 billion) in transforming the reshaped company over the next three years. The company has also recorded a goodwill impairment charge of GBP5.04 billion relating to the Mead John...
21 January 2020
RB has announced more changes to its top team, The Nature’s Bounty Co has a new chief supply chain officer, and Ipsen has a new member of its Executive Leadership Team.
5 December 2019
RB has created the new position of chief transformation officer and Unilever has appointed its first-ever chief digital and marketing officer, while the US Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has added to its senior management team and Navamedic has a new chief financial officer.