Bausch + Lomb Results Enhance Acquisition Image

Bausch + Lomb Results Enhance Acquisition Image

 

Firm’s future, as a separate business nearly 90% owned by Bausch Health, or as a standalone with different ownership or one not controlled by a majority owner, claims high profile in analysts’ comments and predictions. B+L is in the driver’s seat, they say.

Haleon Talks Up China Strength As Investment Grows

Haleon Talks Up China Strength As Investment Grows

 
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Haleon highlighted consistent market share gains in China as it reported third-quarter results.

Sanofi Clarifies Bpifrance's Role In Opella Deal

Sanofi Clarifies Bpifrance's Role In Opella Deal

 
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French public sector investment bank Bpifrance's influence over the future strategy of Opella extends to its one seat on the company's board, but not past that, Sanofi confirms as it reports Q3 results.

Mucinex Promotes Romance To US Consumers, Launches Something To Chew On For Children

Mucinex Promotes Romance To US Consumers, Launches Something To Chew On For Children

 

Reckitt backs up prediction for strong sales during current quarter with advertising featuring a beauty queen and a line extension for Mucinex, one its strongest US consumer health product lines.


Bayer Consumer Health Backs ‘Implantable Healthcare’ Start-Up Impli

Bayer Consumer Health Backs ‘Implantable Healthcare’ Start-Up Impli

 
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Bayer hopes Impli's implantable hormone biosensor will reveal self-care opportunities in the areas of stress, sleep, weight management, cardiovascular health, women’s health, or bone health.

Reckitt Promises ‘Big’ Q4 As Consumer Health Market Share Rebounds

Reckitt Promises ‘Big’ Q4 As Consumer Health Market Share Rebounds

 
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A better than expected showing from its Health business in its latest quarter has teed up Reckitt for a big finish to the year.

FDA, NIH Officials Encourage E-Cigarette NRT Innovation As Task Force Seizes Illegal Products

FDA, NIH Officials Encourage E-Cigarette NRT Innovation As Task Force Seizes Illegal Products

 

FDA tobacco programs chief emphasizes moving smokers to lower risk alternatives and NIDA executive encourages proposals for e-cigarettes as nicotine replacement treatments. FDA also seizes $76m in unauthorized e-cigarettes.

French State To Take Minority Stake In Sanofi’s Opella

French State To Take Minority Stake In Sanofi’s Opella

 
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After coming under fire from French politicians and workers unions over its proposal to sell a majority stake in its consumer health business to US private-equity firm CD&R, Sanofi has invited the French state in on the deal and made a number of binding commitments to jobs and investment.


US Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: B+L’s Independence Has Private Equity Interest

US Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: B+L’s Independence Has Private Equity Interest

 

Kenvue may have to start sharing time with Bausch + Lomb in investors’ discussions about the outlook for success at US consumer health firms separated from former parent firms as they and their competitors begin reporting the results for their latest quarters.

Euro Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: Sanofi, Haleon, Reckitt, Bayer

Euro Q3 Consumer Health Earnings Preview: Sanofi, Haleon, Reckitt, Bayer

 
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Major Europe-based consumer health players Sanofi, Haleon, Reckitt and Bayer feature in this sales and earnings preview, which highlights what to look out for as these four firms report their Q3 2024 results over the coming weeks.

FDA Clears Qnovia’s NRT Inhalation IND, Commits To ‘Stimulating’ Smoking Cessation Innovation

FDA Clears Qnovia’s NRT Inhalation IND, Commits To ‘Stimulating’ Smoking Cessation Innovation

 

Qnovia notes NRT inhalation product recently received investigational new drug clearance from FDA as agency and NIH say innovation needed smoking cessation to help improve rate of success for quitting the habit that kills around 500,000 US consumers annually.

People On The Move: Appointments At Dr Reddy's, Mayoly, NèreS

People On The Move: Appointments At Dr Reddy's, Mayoly, NèreS

 
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A round-up of the latest appointments in Europe's consumer health industry: Dr Reddy's hires UK head; Mayoly names CEE lead; NèreS adds director.


US FDA’s Petition Procedures No Place For OTC Acetaminophen Pediatric Dosing Enforcement

US FDA’s Petition Procedures No Place For OTC Acetaminophen Pediatric Dosing Enforcement

 

Requests for “enforcement actions are not within the scope of FDA’s citizen petition procedures,” CDER says, rejecting petition dosing device firm Parenteral Technologies submitted as it prepares for workshop on Pediatric Research Equity Act requirements for OTC NDA sponsors.

Private Equity Poised To Take Control Of Opella But Sanofi Will Retain Sizable Stake

Private Equity Poised To Take Control Of Opella But Sanofi Will Retain Sizable Stake

 
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Control of Sanofi Consumer Healthcare – recently rebranded as Opella – may soon pass to US private-equity firm CD&R but the French firm looks set to retain a substantial stake in a business which has some big Rx-to-OTC switches in the pipeline.

German OTC Marketing News: Launches From Bayer, Stada, Hermes And Klosterfrau

German OTC Marketing News: Launches From Bayer, Stada, Hermes And Klosterfrau

 
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Bayer adds dry eye treatment to its Bepanthen skin care range; Stada launches special edition Elotrans supplement for Eintracht Frankfurt fans; Hermes offers chewable magnesium supplement; and Klosterfrau introduces Oyono Night extension to help troubled sleepers maintain their immunity.

GSK Tab To Clear Zantac Litigation Ledger Of 93% Of Complaints Pending In State Courts: $2.2Bn

GSK Tab To Clear Zantac Litigation Ledger Of 93% Of Complaints Pending In State Courts: $2.2Bn

 

UK pharma also reaches agreement in principle, subject to DoJ approval, to pay $70m to resolve a whistleblower complaint filed by Valisure, the testing lab which in 2019 raised concerns about a potential link between the use of drugs containing ranitidine, a histamine-2 blocker, and cancer.


FDA Workshop To Consider Pediatric Research Rules Compliance By OTCs Available Through NDAs

FDA Workshop To Consider Pediatric Research Rules Compliance By OTCs Available Through NDAs

 

NDAs for additional OTC products containing acetaminophen and/or NSAIDs and indicated for use by children between 2 and less than 12 years old would trigger compliance by application sponsors with the act passed in 2003 to address lack of pediatric use information in drug labeling.

Germany’s Merz Merges With Windstar To Take On OTC Market

Germany’s Merz Merges With Windstar To Take On OTC Market

 
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A leading provider of over-the-counter health and wellbeing products in the DACH region will be created through the merger of Merz Lifecare and Windstar Medical.

Nozzle At Tip Of Problems For Florida Eye Drop Firm: US FDA Warns Of GMP, Monograph Violations

Nozzle At Tip Of Problems For Florida Eye Drop Firm: US FDA Warns Of GMP, Monograph Violations

 

Regenerative Processing replaces nozzle to prevent backflow for its Regener-Eyes drops but FDA warning states numerous questions about sterility at the firm’s plant and about its procedures and systems for preventing microbial contamination.

‘The Possibilities Are Limitless’ – How Bayer CH Is Using AI To Drive Internal Efficiency

‘The Possibilities Are Limitless’ – How Bayer CH Is Using AI To Drive Internal Efficiency

 
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In addition to its recently established Precision Health division, Bayer Consumer Health is using artificial intelligence to save time on routine tasks and to manage supply and demand, the firm’s head of digital transformation and IT, Cristina Nitulescu, tells HBW Insight.