Working alongside the consumer healthcare industry, the Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) is helping to build a global self-care movement that makes a World Health Organization resolution "very likely" in the next few years, says director Austen El-Osta.
The global self-care industry is coming of age.
Boosted by the need to keep well during the pandemic, modernized by new wearables and smart digital technologies, OTC companies...
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An increasing awareness of and interest in gut health helped the global OTC market grow by 4.6% in value terms in 2024, according to IQVIA Consumer Health.
At the second attempt, New Zealand’s Medicines Classification Committee supported the Rx-to-OTC switch of allopurinol (100mg and 300mg) for people suffering from gout by specifically trained pharmacists.
Stada launches nine new Oilatum products in Saudi Arabia including “rich moisturising creams for intense hydration, gentle body washes for daily cleansing, and baby-specific products like soothing bath bubbles and head-to-toe wash.”
Bayer Consumer Health, the Global Self-Care Federation and the Business Council for International Understanding outline in a paper how industry can work with multilateral organizations, governments, financial institutions, and stakeholders to "recognize and champion self-care as a fundamental driver of global health progress."
HBW Insight speaks to Prime Fifty founder and managing director Max Gowland about the science behind healthy aging and the opportunity for the consumer health industry.
What's going on with the EU Green Claims Directive? HBW Insight speaks to the European Commission, Parliament and Council to find out why trilogue negotiations seem to have stalled.
Germany’s Expert Committee for Prescription supports the Rx-to-OTC switches of melatonin and buccal acyclovir but rejects rupatadine.
