Health

Pharma Deutschland is one of 21 German associations calling for trilogue negotiations in relation to the EU Green Claims Directive to be suspended while a “comprehensive and independent written impact assessment” is undertaken.

Challenged advertising, which appeared in a TV commercial, in-store displays and advertising on social media, included express claims “It’s a better mouthwash. I guarantee it.” and “I guarantee it. – ‘Dr. Harold Katz.’”

In remarks at recent investor conference reflecting comments from across the US consumer health sector, Kenvue chief Thibaut Mongon says, “I'm going to state the obvious. The environment is very fluid.”

A healthy diversity of different types of players and plenty of space for scaling up are among the reasons that investors remain interested in the consumer health sector, according to investment bankers speaking at the recent AESGP Annual Meeting.

If the European Commission is serious about improving the competitiveness of the European Union, it should ditch the idea of making commonly used OTC antimicrobials like thrush treatments and cold sore creams prescription-only, warns Greek Medicines Agency president Evangelos Manolopoulos

Bayer's Iberogast Advance's combination of six herbal ingredients may produce a synergistic effect that acts on multiple underlying issues contributing to digestive disorders like functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a recently published study suggests.

Find out how to enter the OTC Marketing Awards before the 1 September entry deadline.

In part 2 of HBW Insight's interview, IQVIA Consumer Health's vice president of global research and development and real-world evidence services, Volker Spitzer, explains how to approach real world evidence so that regulators recognize its validity, in supporting Rx-to-OTC switch applications, for example.

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Manufacturing Quality, Office of Compliance and Office of Unapproved Drugs & Labeling Compliance recently advise Indian, Canadian and US firms about GMP problems.

Pharma Deutschland is one of 21 German associations calling for trilogue negotiations in relation to the EU Green Claims Directive to be suspended while a “comprehensive and independent written impact assessment” is undertaken.

HBW Insight catches up with sustainability expert Jasper Crone to find out what consumer health companies need to know about the European Commission's Omnibus simplification package.

Commissioner Martin Makary told staff that plans are being developed to centralize HR, IT, travel and other functions, which were heavily impacted by the 1 April reduction-in-force.

The EU Council has introduced a key amendment to Article 51 (para 1, point e) of the new pharma directive: “A medicinal product shall be subject to medical prescription where it is an antimicrobial, unless intended for topical use.”

If the European Commission is serious about improving the competitiveness of the European Union, it should ditch the idea of making commonly used OTC antimicrobials like thrush treatments and cold sore creams prescription-only, warns Greek Medicines Agency president Evangelos Manolopoulos

HBW Insight speaks to NèreS' executive director Luc Besançon about the key issues facing France's self-care industry, especially Rx-to-OTC switch and the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.

Effective date for ACNU OTC switch final rule and finding of severe itching from long-term use of common allergy ingredients are bookends for limits of FDA’s authority for product label changes.