Rite Aid Corp. plans to deploy Dream Machine bottle and can recycling kiosks as part of a recycling initiative by PepsiCo and Waste Management Inc. The drug store chain is one of the first national retailers to sign on to the program, starting with 150 kiosks in its North Carolina locations. Under
Better Health Beverage’s underWAY appetite-suppressing beverage is now available at Discount Drug Mart locations across Ohio.
L’Oréal USA, the New York-based subsidiary of beauty products giant L’Oréal S.A., has signed an agreement to acquire Queens, N.Y.-based Essie Cosmetics Ltd.
Eurand is offering a new licensing opportunity for retailers and health care companies with AdvaTab Acetaminophen, an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) that incorporates its proprietary AdvaTab ODT and Microcaps taste-masking technologies.
Market research and consulting firm TABS Group has extended its contract with Unilever to provide its Total Store Analytics Service. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Merck & Co. has gained exclusive rights to market and distribute the MassBiologics tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed vaccine in the United States.
Timothy Connors has been appointed chief marketing officer at Prestige Brands Holdings Inc.
Mat Waites, chief information officer at The Little Clinic, Kroger Corp.’s retail health clinic subsidiary, has been named winner of Boston Software Systems’ User Excellence Award.
Sandoz plans to acquire U.S. pharmaceuticals company Oriel Therapeutics, which the Novartis division said would give it exclusive rights to a portfolio of generic drug candidates and related technologies in the inhalable respiratory drug market. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched 50 mg and 200 mg tablets for its geneirc antipsychotic drug clozapine. The pharmaceutical company, a subsidiary of Mylan Inc., said Monday that those clozapine dosages had U.S. sales of about $13.5 million last year, according to IMS Health data.
McKesson Corp. is supporting the American Diabetes Association’s "Stop Diabetes" program aimed at helping raise awareness among school children of the seriousness of type 2 diabetes.
American Greetings Corp. is providing a more interactive way to send a birthday greeting. The company said this spring it plans to roll out an innovative new greeting card dubbed On Tap, which combines a funny birthday greeting with an audio-visual element.
VEET has expanded its depilatory line with its new Suprem’Essence product, which aims to "add luxury to at-home hair removal.
Procter & Gamble Co.’s Old Spice brand has introduced Odor Blocker body wash, which is designed to detect, neutralize and protect men from body odor for 16 hours.
Unilever has appointed Eugenio Minvielle as executive vice president of its North American business. Minvielle, 45, who joins the company from Nestle, will be responsible for Unilever’s $10 billion operations in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
Fresh Harvest Products Inc. plans to roll out its Wings of Nature organic snack bars to CVS and Navarro Discount Pharmacies drug stores in South Florida. The natural and organic food and beverage company said this week that the products will become available next month in about 80 CVS locations.
