Health & Wellness Industry Roundup: Week Of July 18
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Ortek plots bacteriotherapy path; Puerto Rico proposal under congressional scrutiny; UK pans Special K claim; firms sponsor Olympians; and more news in brief.
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