Round-up of the latest news across EMEA, including two deals for Bayer in Egypt and Saudi Arabia; Orkla's acquisition of NutraQ; and Uriach's deal for Sidroga.

Dutch firm TheOTCLab expands its home market presence with distribution rights to three international consumer health brands: Combe's feminine health brand Vagisil and male hair care range Just For Men and Foundation Consumer Brands’ Breathe Right Nasal Strips.

White House, Democrat majority in Congress and likely next FTC chair support the agency wielding the authority, says advertising law attorney Holly Melton. Supreme Court, though, likely will rule in pending cases that a strict reading of an FTC regulation doesn’t grant monetary penalty authority.

Enjoying a 5% sales rise, Bayer Consumer Health grew faster than the global market last year, with the company keen to repeat the performance in 2021.

Limiting interactions to two-dimensional settings will hinder collaboration, innovation and the mentoring of younger employees, Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier says. Frazier, who will retire in June, is looking forward to returning to public service but says "politics with a capital P is not my thing."

BioMedican is ready to produce CBG, cannabigerol, and THC-V, tetrahydrocannabivarin, through biosynthesis and plans by the end of the year to start making CBN, cannabinol, and THC-A, tetrahydrocannabinolic-acid.

White House, Democrat majority in Congress and likely next FTC chair support the agency wielding the authority, says advertising law attorney Holly Melton. Supreme Court, though, likely will rule in pending cases that a strict reading of an FTC regulation doesn’t grant monetary penalty authority.

House Bill 2325, on a fast track in West Virginia, would bar the state’s Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists from regulating unlicensed individuals’ use or application of “generally available” cosmetic products for paying clients. PGA’s government affairs team provides detail.

BioMedican is ready to produce CBG, cannabigerol, and THC-V, tetrahydrocannabivarin, through biosynthesis and plans by the end of the year to start making CBN, cannabinol, and THC-A, tetrahydrocannabinolic-acid.

Synthetics are necessary for drugs containing cannabinoids because the active ingredient must be consistent from dose to dose. Cannabinoids extracted from hemp vary from plant to plant and more widely from crop to crop, but consistency should matter for cannabinoids used as dietary ingredients, says BioMedican president Dennis O’Neill.

Presenting at the Independent Beauty Association’s Cosmetic Technical/Regulatory Forum, Product Integrity Laboratory’s Howard Baker dug into the less-discussed aspects of green packaging that “could damage your brand’s reputation, cause regulatory and legal problems, and severely harm the economics of your business.”

Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.

Round-up of the latest news across EMEA, including two deals for Bayer in Egypt and Saudi Arabia; Orkla's acquisition of NutraQ; and Uriach's deal for Sidroga.

White House, Democrat majority in Congress and likely next FTC chair support the agency wielding the authority, says advertising law attorney Holly Melton. Supreme Court, though, likely will rule in pending cases that a strict reading of an FTC regulation doesn’t grant monetary penalty authority.

Shifts in consumer health behavior towards prevention and science-based products will boost a global probiotics market that is already worth $40bn and is growing by 7% every year, says OptiBiotix CEO Stephen O'Hara. 

Enjoying a 5% sales rise, Bayer Consumer Health grew faster than the global market last year, with the company keen to repeat the performance in 2021.

Limiting interactions to two-dimensional settings will hinder collaboration, innovation and the mentoring of younger employees, Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier says. Frazier, who will retire in June, is looking forward to returning to public service but says "politics with a capital P is not my thing."

BioMedican is ready to produce CBG, cannabigerol, and THC-V, tetrahydrocannabivarin, through biosynthesis and plans by the end of the year to start making CBN, cannabinol, and THC-A, tetrahydrocannabinolic-acid.

Shifts in consumer health behavior towards prevention and science-based products will boost a global probiotics market that is already worth $40bn and is growing by 7% every year, says OptiBiotix CEO Stephen O'Hara. 

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.