Self-Care
Exclusive: Haleon is betting that improving health literacy can close the incidence–treatment gap, helping more people manage everyday health while driving sustainable volume growth in key categories like oral care and VMS, VP Health Inclusivity and Sustainability Sarah McDonald tells HBW Insight.
New clinical evidence suggests evidence‑based self‑care can play a meaningful role in managing MASLD, a common fatty liver condition linked to obesity and diabetes, supporting lifestyle change and opening growth opportunities in an underdeveloped liver health category.
“What they want when they think about personalization, is that you meet them on their journey, where they are on their terms. That's what personalization is. How do brands do that? You can't do that by just broadcasting an ad,” CEO Colin Watts says.
A round-up of the latest people moves: GSCF names chair; Karo appoints CFO; Novella hires CEO.
Mature OTC markets are still growing on paper, but a widening gap between price and real demand raises questions about how much growth is actually left.
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.
Fragrance intelligence and analytics provider OnScent says US TikTok Shop is on its way to achieving annual sales of $500m.
“Four or five major acquisitions over the last few years repositioned it, a 140-year-old company, from being a B-to-B company to B-to B-to-C company. That is a major enterprise strategy shift,” says CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor.
“In a very siloed organization made up of a jigsaw of different companies, no one was thinking enterprise first,” says Perrigo CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor. “The fundamentals of running operations, brand-building, innovation, they are now as they were.”
At opening session of CHPA’s annual Self-Care Leadership Summit on March 17 in Orlando, it presented Fuad Sawaya its highest honor named for Ivan Combe, an industry pioneer who served on its board from 1958 until 2000.
A new ANEFP survey shows that while most Spanish consumers see self-care as essential to good health, gaps in knowledge, mental health support and broader socio‑economic pressures continue to limit how effectively it is practised.
President Trump issued an Executive Order on ‘Made in America’ and similar US-origin claims that will likely result in increased FTC enforcement on marketing with the claims and the potential for increased pressure on online marketplaces.
A round-up of the latest European health & wellness people moves: Aboca hires Germany head; SkinBioTherapeutics gets interim CEO; Reckitt adds experience to board.
Higher sales of dietary supplements in key markets like the US and China helped Reckitt's Self-Care business to grow in 2025 despite a weak cold & flu season.
The second panel of this week's Geneva Self‑Care Forum explored further the tension between self‑care as a public‑health tool and self‑care as an out‑of‑pocket consumer market, raising sharp questions about where the industry sits.
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.
Self-care is gaining momentum worldwide, as the Global Self-Care Federation Forum in Geneva made clear. But a central question remains: if self-care is to deliver on its promise of healthier populations and more sustainable healthcare systems, who will finance it?
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.’s Aveda brand is partnering with packaging tech firm AeroFlexx LLC to develop refillable packaging for ‘select best-selling’ products.
“Infant formula has consumed cash” and “at the end of the day, we need to be committed to improve our cash flow,” says CFO Eduardo Bezerra as Perrigo continues reviewing it options for the business.
The National Advertising Division refers men’s skin care marketer, PrettyBoy, Inc. to the FTC for possible enforcement action after the Milwaukee firm says it will not comply with a recommendation to discontinue before-and-after photos in Internet ads.