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Supplier News Breaks Archives Impax Laboratories Inc. has gained final approval from the Food and Drug Administration of its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for doxycyline monohydrate 150-mg capsules. Athlete, actress and model Aimee Mullins is now part of the family of L'Oreal Paris Ambassadors. Flu & Cold Defense LLC has landed distribution of its new GermBullet nasal inhaler at one of the nation's two biggest drug store chains and wants consumers to name which one. Naomi Kelman has been appointed as head of the Novartis OTC Division and will become a permanent attendee to the executive committee of Novartis. Perrigo has entered into an agreement with AgaMatrix Inc. to sell and distribute blood glucose monitors and test strips in the U.S. store-brand channel. Hallmark and the U.S. Postal Service have introduced a line of greeting cards that already include postage. Ending months of haggling, sanofi-aventis has entered an agreement to buy biotech firm Genzyme Corp. for $20.1 billion in cash. Mylan Inc. has launched voriconazole tablets, an antifungal medication, under a previously announced settlement and license agreement with Pfizer Inc. KVK Tech Inc. has branched out from prescription pharmaceuticals to include an over-the-counter allergy product with the distribution of Chlorphen-12, equivalent to Chlor-Trimeton 12 Hour. Duane Reade is the first New York retail outlet to sell paternity testing with the rollout of the Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit. Former California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has returned to the board of directors at Procter & Gamble Co. L’Oréal chief executive officer Jean-Paul Agon is slated to add the title of chairman effective next month.
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