People In Brief: Bayer’s Mann heads WSMI, infirst has regulatory chief, Zucker leaves Vitacost, OmniActive adds VP

The World Self-Medication Industry board appoints Bayer Consumer Care President Erica Mann as chair of the global trade association for nonprescription drugs and dietary supplements beginning in June 2014. Mann, who will succeed Chair Zhenyu Guo, CEO of Dihon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., has been a member of the Bayer HealthCare LLC Executive Committee and responsible for the Consumer Care division since March 2011 after moving there from Pfizer Inc., where she was president and general manager for the Nutrition Division and a member of the firm’s senior management team. Ferney-Voltaire, France-based WSMI said Sept. 30 that Mann currently is a board member and has held executive posts in organizations including the South African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association, Medicines Australia and the International Association of Infant Food Manufacturers.

Viv Edwards is infirst Healthcare Ltd.’s first director of regulatory and medical affairs, and will help the OTC developer on the road to product commercialization. U.K.-based infirst announced Sept. 16 the appointment of Edwards, who gained more than 15 years of experience in product registration at Procter & Gamble Co., where she most recently was senior regulatory affairs manager for personal health care