US Consumer Health 2020 News: ’60 Minutes’ Probiotic Dip Tops Switches, Monograph, Pandemic
Executive Summary
Supplement industry’s bullseye on “60 Minutes” after its June segment critical of probiotic health benefits generated the most reads for a US consumer health and overall for HBW Insight articles in 2020. Articles about COVID-19 enforcement actions weren’t as widely read as coverage of FDA’s reorganization in its OTC drug offices and its approvals of additional ingredients to be available OTC.
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