Latin America
Brazil has approved legislation permitting pharmacies to operate within supermarkets, expanding consumer access to OTC medicines while maintaining strict pharmacist oversight and existing safety standards.
The global consumer health industry sees emerging markets as an engine for growth in an otherwise stagnating market. But panelists at the Global Self-Care Forum in Geneva warned that regulatory gaps and lack of harmonization may stunt this potential in the short term.
GSCF, AESGP and ILAR agree that 2026 will see self‑care translate into more tangible system‑level action, propelled by prevention, regulatory updates and more assertive efforts to counter misleading claims.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority is calling on manufacturers of food supplements marketed for children containing zinc picolinate and/or selenium to withdraw these products from the market within six months of the notice.
Bayer is investing $52m in its Lerma, Mexico manufacturing site, which the firm said will enable it to increase production of key OTC brands like Aspirin and Alka-Seltzer from 100m to 140m units by 2030.
OTC private label/store brand product giant’s Q2 net sales down 10.7% to $1.1bn, but women’s health product sales jump 31.4% largely on Opill launched late in Q1. Biggest hit to results from infant formula business, down a reported 82% due to ongoing manufacturing quality-control remediation.
Perrigo spares little about Opill’s launch, advertising and outlook in Q1 earnings briefing, but management also makes clear it’s a large firm and some other segments of its global consumer health products business are holding back overall results.
Direct seller reports Q1 sales up 1% to $1.3bn but net sales off 17.1% from year-ago period to $24.3m. Its distributor ranks jumped so far in 2024, particularly in China, where changes were made in the past year including new company leadership.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Ulta Beauty, Inc. will make its international debut in Mexico, a "sizable, growing” market that represents "significant beauty opportunity," says CEO David Kimbell in the firm’s a fiscal 2023 fourth-quarter earnings presentation.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Since closing at a 14-year low of $8.07 the day of the execs’ transactions, Herbalife shares trend steadily up from close of $8.26 on 20 February to $8.83 on 29 February. Some execs sell back some shares on 25 February at $8.67.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.
Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.