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Eileen Francis
Reporter – US
Eileen Francis is a reporter for “The Tan Sheet,” where she follows news on OTC drug and nutritional product manufacturing, regulation, legislation, finance and research. She previously served as a reporter and editor of “The Rose Sheet,” IBI’s source for in-depth coverage of the cosmetics industry. Early in her career, Eileen worked in public relations and as a writer for a lobbying firm. Outside of IBI, her freelance work includes articles on business, art and travel.
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Latest From Eileen Francis
Supplement Firm Pays $500,000 Redress After Targeting Elderly With Disease Claims
NatureCity will pay $500,000 for consumer redress and contact customers defrauded by claims aloe vera supplements treat high cholesterol, chronic pain and diabetes. Firm promoted AloeCran and TrueAloe supplements with significant promotions and far-reaching direct mailers for nearly 20 years.
Tylenol Relieves Pain For J&J Consumer As Baby Care Relaunch Loses Steam
Tylenol brand boosts J&J US OTC sales 8.4% to $477m, helping balance a 24.1% decline in baby care sales due to restocking reformulated Johnson’s Baby line in 2018, mostly in the US. Firm reports consumer health sales in the US were up 1.7% to $1.39bn.
Bayer's Aleve 'Proven Better' Than Tylenol Claims Fail In J&J Challenge At NAD
Bayer appeals to National Advertising Review Board over NAD’s finding the firm didn't support claims its Aleve OTC provides superior pain-relief to J&J’s Tylenol. It says NAD misunderstands scientific data and it will argue pain studies it submitted were methodologically sound and pain-relief statements were not overly broad.
Men's Vitamin C And D Use Helps Drive Overall VMS Use In Latest CRN Survey
Trade group's annual survey shows 77% of US consumers use supplements. It found 12% more men than four years ago report taking vitamin C or D within the past 12 months.
L’Oreal UK Airs '5-Star' Kids Sunscreen Ads With '3-Star' Products On Shelves
ASA says TV and radio ads for Ambre Solair Kids Sensitive Advanced sunscreens aired by Loreal Ltd. business implied that all of the brand's products on shelves met a 5-star rating system administered by Boots drug store chain and widely used in UK.
Low Doses Caused Failures In Omega-3 Heart Health Studies, Says Dyerberg
In Scientific American opinion piece, omega-3 heart benefit research pioneer Jorn Dyerberg says low doses of omega-3s is the reason many studies evaluating their effectiveness have not found a cause-affect link between their daily use and cardiovascular benefits.
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