Bayer believes its Consumer Health business has the potential to grow at twice the rate of the global market in 2021 following a double-digit rise in sales in the second quarter.
Bayer has raised its full year sales guidance for Consumer Health after the business achieved double-digit growth in the second quarter.
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Concern is unavoidable for most marketers of OTC drugs and dietary supplements in the US. As Canaccord Genuity analysts said in a 15 April research note, “uncertainty remains about how the tariff situation will play out.”
Major Europe-based consumer health players Haleon, Reckitt and Bayer feature in this sales and earnings preview, which highlights what to look out for as these three firms report their Q1 2025 results over the coming weeks.
Arkopharma's parent company Dermapharm is undertaking a strategic shift at the French firm to help it better compete in the dietary supplements market after a tough year.
Chinese consumers are now routinely taking supplements for a variety of health reasons, helping to drive up sales of the Swisse Plus+ brand by 20% in 2024.
Iron supplements specialist PharmaNutra has penned distribution deals to take its products to additional markets across the Americas and the Middle East & North Africa.
France's food safety regulator ANSES is proposing a reproductive toxicity category 1B classification for CBD under the EU's CLP regulation, which would mean an effective ban on CBD in cosmetics and foods. However, French hemp industry association UIVEC hopes that new evidence coming out of a European Commission review will put the issue to bed before it gets that far.
Azelis adds dietary supplement ingredients and a large customer base across Spain to its portfolio with the acquisition of Solchem Nature.
