Kraft names leadership for split of snack, grocery businesses
Kraft Foods Inc. has appointed the chairmen and chief executive officers of the two companies it will form next year when it wraps up a planned spin-off of its grocery business.
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Crossmark set to acquire NCiM
Consumer product sales and marketing specialist Crossmark plans to buy national marketing agency New Concepts in Marketing Inc. (NCiM). Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Ranbaxy, Teva in accord on Lipitor generic
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. have entered an agreement on their respectives launches of generic versions of Lipitor, Pfizer’s cholesterol-reducing medication. Jerusalem-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Authorized generic Lipitor rolled out by Watson
In what it called the largest generic product launch in U.S. history, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. has begun shipping an authorized generic version of Pfizer’s blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor. The shipment of Watson’s Lipitor generic signals the start of the "generic wave.
Watson wins FDA approval for generic Yaz
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. has gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Vestura (3 mg drospirenone and 0.02 mg ethinyl estradiol), a birth control pill.
TheraMax radio ad campaign hits airwaves
TheraBiogen Inc. has kicked off a radio ad campaign for its TheraMax homeopathic nasal spray brand as part of a comprehensive marketing program.
Qualitest cleared to market Myzilra tablets
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Myzilra tablets, an oral contraceptive. The company said Monday that the FDA approved Myzilra tablets (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) 0.05 mg/0.03 mg, 0.075 mg/0.04 mg, 0.125 mg/0.
P&G portal unites beauty and fashion
Procter & Gamble Co.’s P&G Beauty & Grooming unit has launched of StyleUnited, which it called "the first truly personalized site" that brings beauty and fashion together to provide "a total style resource." P&G said Tuesday that styleunited.
Perrigo gets FDA OK for Mucinex generic
Perrigo Co. has received final approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for guaifenesin extended-release tablets (600 mg), indicated for chest congestion.
Not Your Mother’s hair care to boost retail presence
Not Your Mother’s hair care products are slated to hit shelves at more than 7,500 new retail outlets early next year. Parent company Demert Brands Inc.
Par promotes execs to president, COO
Thomas Haughey has been named president and Paul Campanelli has been appointed chief operating officer at Par Pharmaceutical Cos.
Pfizer inks deal to buy Excaliard
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to acquire Excaliard Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately owned biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel drugs for the treatment of skin fibrosis, or skin scarring.
Gilead to acquire Pharmasset for $11 billion
Gilead Sciences Inc. plans to buy Pharmasset Inc. in a cash deal valued at about $11 billion Gilead said Monday that the acquisition will accelerate the development of an all-oral regimen for the treatment of the chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). The companies said the combination also will
Fixodent ‘challenges’ denture wearers
Fixodent Original is putting consumers to the test with the Fixodent 12 Hour Hold Challenge. The Procter & Gamble denture adhesive brand said that through June 30, 2012, it is encouraging consumers to submit written testimonials sharing their own personal denture challenges.
Cold-EEZE wins seal of approval
Cold-EEZE, a homeopathic cold remedy, has been awarded the Parent Tested Parent Approved Winner’s Seal of Approval. ProPhase Labs, the maker of Cold-EEZE, said the PTPA seal of approval was awarded based on quality, effectiveness and value.
Pfizer’s Advil aims to relieve congestion in communities
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare has kicked off the Advil Congestion Relief Project, an effort to alleviate real problems in communities nationwide. Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner helped unveil a new library in the Bronx, N.Y., at the first stop of the Advil Congestion Relief Project.