Action responds to methanol contamination in hand sanitizers manufactured in Mexico and marketed in the US under numerous brands that followed a loosening standards for the products to drive a swift increase in production and meet surging demand during the coronavirus pandemic.

The company is sponsoring research on how the blood oxygen sensor feature on its Apple Watch 6 could be applied to specific health problems.

Fitbit will launch its new Fitbit Sense smartwatch with ECG app in Europe, US, Hong Kong and India in October. 

"Because of what a lot of consumers are facing right now, layoffs, furloughs, working online, they may not be aware of how this health savings account benefit can serve them at this time,” says Finance Bar CEO Marsha Barnes. CHPA is preparing digital campaign to explain that health savings, flexible spending and similar pre-tax accounts once again can be used for direct purchases of OTC drugs.

UK parliamentarians have added their voice to the growing calls for the MHRA to switch the daily oral contraceptive pill to OTC status. The COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the difficulties women face in accessing contraception, according to the politicians. 

New Jersey-based Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, Inc., succeeded in reopening a 2018 National Advertising Division case involving its ‘#1 Pharmacist Recommended’ claim for the Fungi-Nail line, but failed again to convince the NAD that survey findings justify the claim.

Brent Saunder’s Vesper Healthcare Acquisition Corp. wants to raise up to $460m in a forthcoming IPO to buy companies in health care and medical market niches including wellness.

Nestle agrees to acquire Aimmune Therapeutics, maker of a drug indicated to reduce the severity of children’s allergic reactions to peanuts. It anticipates options to innovate in its consumer health children’s allergy business.

Takeda is to offload its sizable Japanese OTC operation to private-equity firm Blackstone, which has committed to making the business the country's leading consumer health player.

National Advertising Review Board says P&G’s #1” claim in a shield-shaped logo on Oral-B Precision Clean Interdental Picks package fronts “is adequately connected to the explanatory information," which states “from the makers of the #1 dentist recommended floss brand.”

Fitbit will launch its new Fitbit Sense smartwatch with ECG app in Europe, US, Hong Kong and India in October. 

NAD advises VGH Solutions to pull pain relief claims and statements that am OTC device with FDA 510(k) clearance treats conditions including neuropathy. The firm offered studies and a Health Canada statement listing indications for the device to support claims not part of the US approved indication.

Brent Saunder’s Vesper Healthcare Acquisition Corp. wants to raise up to $460m in a forthcoming IPO to buy companies in health care and medical market niches including wellness.

Germany's PharmaSGP reported solid sales gains in the first half as European consumers snapped up its chemical-free OTCs and dietary supplement offering.

Germany's Stada posts 22% jump in first half sales thanks to recent deals and reveals that more acquisitions may soon follow.

A class action complaint in California’s Southern District, challenging the hand sanitizer manufacturer’s 99.99% germ-kill claim, ignores the asterisk on products’ primary display panels that links to a disclosure on rear labels, “*Effective at eliminating 99.99% of many common harmful germs & bacteria," according to Vi-Jon's 27 August motion to dismiss.

A growing number of class action complainants allege that 99.99% germ-killing claims on hand sanitizers are false and misleading. The suits cite potentially dangerous microorganisms that, according to plaintiffs, are impervious to active ingredients used in the category, and argue that bacteria reductions do not necessarily translate to illness or infection prevention.

Many materials subject to order, APIs needed for OTC as well as Rx drugs, are supplied by companies outside the US, and China accounts for the bulk of them. The order didn't specify countries and products, leaving decisions to FDA.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Brands starting with Oscar de la Renta are curating and customizing their own Amazon storerooms with the e-commerce giant’s new luxury products platform. More news in brief.

In a series of striking interventions, Reckitt Benckiser has transformed its flagship condoms and lubricants brand Durex for a new generation shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

GSK Consumer Healthcare is increasing the "positive diversity and representation of LGBTQ+ people" in a series of new marketing campaigns for Sensodyne and Voltarol in the UK. 

Prestige Consumer Healthcare says pandemic-caused sales slump for many of its OTC drug products was offset somewhat by strong sales of brands including Dentek, Monistat and Summer’s Eve, which were boosted by targeted advertising and promotions.

National Advertising Review Board says P&G’s #1” claim in a shield-shaped logo on Oral-B Precision Clean Interdental Picks package fronts “is adequately connected to the explanatory information," which states “from the makers of the #1 dentist recommended floss brand.”

NAD advises VGH Solutions to pull pain relief claims and statements that am OTC device with FDA 510(k) clearance treats conditions including neuropathy. The firm offered studies and a Health Canada statement listing indications for the device to support claims not part of the US approved indication.

NAD will assign three attorneys at the beginning of each Complex Track review instead of one, director Laura Brett said in a recent interview. The industry self-regulation group also recently launched its Fast-Track program for more simple ad claim challenges that rarely have been made.