Early next year, Huggies plans to launch a program enabling diaper banks to buy bulk quantities of its diapers at competitive prices. The Kimberly-Clark baby care brand said Thursday that it will be the first global diaper brand to offer such a program.
Actress and philanthropist Priyanka Chopra has been named as Pantene’s newest global brand ambassador.
Upsher-Smith Laboratories Inc. has entered an agreement to sell its AmLactin skin care brand to Sandoz Inc. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Upsher-Smith said the move is part of its strategy of focusing on generic drugs and novel therapies.
This week, Mylan N.V. began making an authorized generic of its EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector available to pharmacies.
Later next year, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) plans to launch a service to aid the adoption of a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) coding system across the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Omnicell Inc. has closed its $41 million deal to acquire pharmacy patient care and medication synchronization specialist Ateb Inc. Omnicell and Ateb announced the agreement late last month.
Retail prices for 268 branded prescription drugs widely used by older Americans climbed by an average of 15.5% in 2015, according to a new report by the AARP Public Policy Institute. AARP said Wednesday that the gain in branded drug prices was nearly 130 times faster than the 0.
Eli Lilly and Co. has partnered with Express Scripts to enable diabetes patients to access discounts for Lilly insulin products through digital drug search and pricing service Blink Health. Lilly said Tuesday that the discounted prices for its insulin are slated to become available on Jan.
President Barack Obama today signed the landmark 21st Century Cures Act into law.
Evelyn Wang, senior vice president of marketing for wet n wild, was honored with the 2016 WWD Beauty Inc. Brand-Builder Award in the mass category.
QS/1 said it’s the first pharmacy management software provider to integrate partner with Appriss Health’s NARxCHECK into a pharmacy’s workflow.
NYX Cosmetics has opened its 20th store, a 2,000-square-foot flagship in Manhattan’s bustling Union Square area. Although the L’Oréal-owned brand has several sites in nearby New Jersey, this was its first in New York City. It is the largest to date, with more than 2,000 SKUs.
Arete Pharmacy Network LLC has acquired RxPride LLC, a pharmacy services administrative organization (PSAO) formerly owned by Smart-Fill Management Group Inc.
KF Beauty has landed retail distribution for its WUNDERBROW eyebrow gel at CVS Pharmacy. The company said WUNDERBROW, part of its WUNDER2 beauty care line, will be sold in more than 500 CVS drug stores nationwide as well as online at CVS.com.
Muhtar Kent is stepping down as chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Co. and will be succeeded by James Quincey, president and chief operating officer. Coca-Cola said Friday that plans call for Quincey to take the CEO reins from Kent on May 1.
Sandoz Inc. has introduced bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.03%, an eyelash treatment, in the U.S. market. The Novartis subsidiary said its bimatoprost ophthalmic product is a generic version of Latisse from Allergan. A prescription medicine, bimatoprost ophthalmic solution 0.
