Abbott introduces Ensure Complete shakes
Abbott has rolled out Ensure Complete shakes, designed to provide multiple nutritional benefits in one beverage to help adults complement their diet and reach their health goals.
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NutraLife offers JointRite discount at Walgreens
NutraLife Health Products Inc. is giving consumers an opportunity to try its JointRite joint health formula at a discounted price at Walgreens through the end of this month.
Teva announces leadership realignment
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has made changes to its executive leadership team.
Watson closes Actavis deal, plans new global name
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. has finalized its $5.6 billion acquisition of Actavis Group.
Bayer to purchase Schiff Nutrition
Bayer HealthCare plans to acquire vitamins and supplements maker Schiff Nutrition International Inc. for $1.2 billion.
Cracker Jack teams with Walgreens for ‘ultimate in-package prize’
Frito-Lay’s Cracker Jack brand is marking the 100-year anniversary of "a prize in every box" by partnering with Walgreens to give consumers the chance to win what it called "the ultimate in-package prize": a diamond ring valued at $1,000.
Watson releases Actos generic
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. has begun shipping pioglitazone hydrochloride tablets (15mg, 30mg and 45mg), a diabetes medication. Watson said it released the product, a generic version of Mylan’s Actos, after receiving final approval Friday from the Food and Drug Administration.
PearlBrite expands retail distribution
PearlBrite Concepts Inc. has broadened distribution of its PearlBrite teeth whitening pens to Walgreens drug stores in Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
Goody’s headache remedy campaign to pair NASCAR legends
NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. is teaming up with Goody’s longtime spokesman, racing legend Richard Petty, in a new multimedia campaign to introduce consumers to the fast-dissolving headache remedy. Prestige Brands Holdings Inc.
Epsilon Walgreens loyalty data
Alliance Data’s Epsilon business announced today that it is providing loyalty marketing services to Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore
Pine Brothers serves up free drops to opera singers
Throat drop maker Pine Brothers is offering its products free to America’s professional opera singers Pine Brothers announced the free throat drops promotion in front of the Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan.
Medline earns kudos for BioMask
Medline Industries Inc.’s BioMask medical face mask has won the 2012 Chicago Innovation Award.
Twisted Sista hair care line rolls out to CVS
Twisted Sista’s salon-inspired hair care and hair styling products are now available at select CVS/pharmacy stores across the country. The Twisted Sista line includes items designed to cleanse, condition, create and finish hair.
No7 marks milestone with new skin care offerings
The Boots No7 brand is celebrating its 77th anniversary with a pair of new skin care product and a brand redesign for the U.S. market. Boots North America said Tuesday that it’s introducing No7 Beautiful Skin, a two-step skin care range called that eliminates the need for a toner, and No7 Lift
SnapBox turns digital photos into art for pickup at drug store
Jondo-USA has launched its SnapBox framed prints and its EZWay software platform, which enable consumers to create and order high-quality framed prints from their smartphone and digital photos and pick them up at chain drug stores.