CEO Alex Gorsky and medtech business leader Joaquin Duato say consumers’ growing interest in self-care is influencing the firm’s work across segments. Consumer health also is driver for Healthy Lives Mission to invest $800m through 2030 to improve the health of people and the world.

Since 2006, KKR has done around $5.7bn in private equity deals in India. Its latest target, Vini Cosmetics, has an expansive and fast-growing business in India and a presence in more than 50 other countries.

German private-label specialist EVP Group is poised to enter the Spanish market with the acquisition of local supplements and cosmetics player Korott.

Mary Agrotechnologies CEO Frank Qin says he is “not too concerned” about China's recent  CBD cosmetics ban, despite his company's plans to build a 150,000 square-foot cultivation and extraction plant in Yunnan, with the aim of supplying the domestic CBD market and exporting overseas.

“We expect higher input costs and transportation costs to remain elevated for the rest of the year,” says CEO Matthew Farrell. Firms lowers full-year outlook for net sales growth from previous range of 5% to 6% to around 5%.

P&G’s health care sector’s net sales grew 18% in its latest quarter. Continued growth across its sectors is critical in the face of expected $1.8bn in headwinds from commodity and freight costs in its FY2022.

“We expect higher input costs and transportation costs to remain elevated for the rest of the year,” says CEO Matthew Farrell. Firms lowers full-year outlook for net sales growth from previous range of 5% to 6% to around 5%.

P&G’s health care sector’s net sales grew 18% in its latest quarter. Continued growth across its sectors is critical in the face of expected $1.8bn in headwinds from commodity and freight costs in its FY2022.

“We are still managing in COVID times,” says CEO Alan Jope during Unilever’s 22 July call to discuss fiscal 2021 first-half results.