US Consumer Health Industry In 2023: With Supply Chain Concerns Constant, Challenges Loom Larger

OTC drug and dietary supplement industry trade group executives discuss questions on potential market and regulatory developments affecting their members’ businesses. HBW Insight begins reporting from those talks with outlook for supply chain nd production disruptions and prevalence of COVID-19 and other widespread viruses.

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The US consumer health products industries are ready in 2023 to continue providing essential staples for health and nutrition needs while potentially expanding its reach in response to increased opportunities or adjusting to a rule imposing a gate-keeping step for the first time.

Across consumer health sectors, businesses in 2023 also face the likelihood for continued supply chain and production disruptions, some linked to countries’ responses to COVID-19 and others caused by political...

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