Duane Reade is the first New York retail outlet to sell paternity testing with the rollout of the Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit. Identigene said Monday that New York has become the 50th state to allow the sale of a paternity test kit in retail stores and that its DNA Paternity Test Kit is
Former California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has returned to the board of directors at Procter & Gamble Co. P&G said late Friday that it has appointed Whitman to its board effective immediately. The one-time eBay chief executive officer first served on the P&G board from 2003 to 2008.
L’Oréal chief executive officer Jean-Paul Agon is slated to add the title of chairman effective next month. The cosmetics and beauty care giant announced that Agon will succeed chairman Lindsay Owen-Jones, who will resign to become honorary chairman.
Covidien’s Mallinckrodt Inc. subsidiary has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its fentanyl transdermal system (FTS) patch.
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. plans to release generic levofloxacin ophthalmic solution 0.5% next month.
A promotion by women’s shaving prep brand Skintimate aims to give women a chance to go behind the scenes with New York designer Mara Hoffman and see what it takes to make it in the fashion industry. The Energizer Personal Care brand said Thursday Skin that it has launched the second Skintimate
Actavis Group has been cleared to market pantoprazole sodium delayed-release tablets in the United States.
A federal court has ruled that Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s generic versions of cold/cough remedy Mucinex don’t infringe a patent held by Reckitt Benckiser.
Colgate-Palmolive, GlaxoSmithKline, Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser and Johnson & Johnson earned top honors in health and beauty care at the 2011 Product of the Year USA awards ceremony.
Mitchell-Vance Laboratories plans to introduce its new ScarAway Scar Diminishing Serum this spring at Walgreens drug stores nationwide.
Schick Disposables has kicked off "Play it Smooth," a promotion with the Rock Band 3 music video game and Fender guitar brand.
This month Glogover Hosiery is rolling out what it said is the first-ever performance pantyhose with a seamless toe flap, with the product making its debut at Duane Reade.
FFF Enterprises Inc. has added FluMist flu vaccine nasal spray to its portfolio of flu immunizations.
UrgentRx has launched a new line of fast-acting, powdered medications in convenient, credit card-size packets that can be taken anytime, anywhere.
INGfertility has rolled out its Pre-Seed Personal Lubricant at all Duane Reade pharmacies in metropolitan New York and select Walgreens drug stores nationwide.
GlaxoSmithKline has received a license extension to market a chewable tablet version of its weight-loss aid alli in Europe. GSK said Monday that the new alli chewable tablets (orlistat 27 mg) are slated to go on sale in pharmacies throughout the United Kingdom in April.
