Meda Consumer Healthcare is relaunching the Feosol iron supplement brand with three SKUs and aims to become the clear No. 1 brand in the category. Meda’s Swedish parent company prioritizes OTC growth through brand acquisitions and increased marketing resources.

Meda Consumer Healthcare is relaunching the Feosol iron supplement brand with three SKUs and aims to become the clear No. 1 brand in the category. Meda’s Swedish parent company prioritizes OTC growth through brand acquisitions and increased marketing resources.

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During the second quarter of 2011, 57 medical device companies brought in a total of $1.7 billion in financings. The M&A activity reached $28.8 billion, unusually high due to Johnson & Johnson's $21.7 billion takeover of orthopedic device maker Synthes. VC funding represented $76 million or 43% of the second quarter's in vitro diagnostics/research financing aggregate of $177 million. A hefty $4.1 billion was spent on 11 in vitro diagnostic/research M&A transactions, the largest being Thermo Fisher's $3.5 billion buy of Swedish genetics testing firm Phadia AB.