First US OTC daily oral contraceptive shipped to major retailers and pharmacies and will be available on shelves nationwide and online later in March. Perrigo says pre-orders for Opill are available currently from select online retailers.
The launch of shipping typically isn’t noted for an OTC drug before the product is for sale in the US, even for one first in a category to be available nonprescription. When it’s the first OTC oral contraceptive, there was no question Perrigo Company PLC would note it.
The firm on 4 March said Opill, a 0.75mg norgestel pill made by its HRA Pharma subsidiary, is being shipped to major retailers and pharmacies and will be available on shelves nationwide and online later in March
Just under half of Austrian pharmacists surveyed by Elpato Medien are “convinced that the OTC business will ensure the survival of their pharmacy.”
Almost two thirds (62%) of respondents to an online survey said they would rather buy non-prescription medicines in a local pharmacy than via a mail-order pharmacy, Pharma Deutschland reports.
Retailer JC Penney Company, Inc.’s use of Revieve Inc.’s virtual try-on and beauty advisor tools has driven significant increases in online engagement, average order rates and conversion rates for makeup, skin and hair care versus the retailer’s other e-commerce products.
Although FDA concluded OTC oral phenylephrine is ineffective as a nasal decongestant in doses up to highest studied level, federal preemption precludes challenges to agency’s regulation of labeling for phenylephrine and other Rx and OTC drugs, according to recent decision in New York federal court.
“The situation has evolved considerably” since Kenvue gave its initial full-year outlook in February, “and remains quite fluid,” says president and CEO Thibaut Mongon as firm reports Q1 net sales decreasing 3.9% to $3.7bn
Looming imposition of tariffs by Trump on imports from most every country had an influence on consumers during the January-March period, particularly on online shopping. Increasing product prices on the table, “but our efforts are going to start with cost savings,” says CFO Christine Sacco.
Navamedic has launched Eroxon in Danish pharmacies giving men in the country OTC access to an ED treatment for the first time.
