CRN/Radicle Science expand Trailblazer Award nominations; BodyArmor brand relaunch with ‘Choose Better’ campaign and pro athletes; and Just Ingredients catches Bryce Harper as partner.
“As we progress through 2025, it is clear that we are operating in an increasingly dynamic environment,” says Abbott CEO Robert Ford. Trump’s tariff decisions, the CRN advises dietary supplement and other consumer health product firms, are likely to change.
Iron supplements specialist PharmaNutra has penned distribution deals to take its products to additional markets across the Americas and the Middle East & North Africa.
France's food safety regulator ANSES is proposing a reproductive toxicity category 1B classification for CBD under the EU's CLP regulation, which would mean an effective ban on CBD in cosmetics and foods. However, French hemp industry association UIVEC hopes that new evidence coming out of a European Commission review will put the issue to bed before it gets that far.
Azelis adds dietary supplement ingredients and a large customer base across Spain to its portfolio with the acquisition of Solchem Nature.
Wellnex bringing brands such as Pain Away, Wakey Wakey and Nighty Night to UK market shortly after gaining admission to the the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
A round-up of the latest European health & wellness market moves: Maxwellia names chief operating officer; Nestle appoints marketing & sales head; Alland & Robert gets deputy general manager.
US businesses across industry sectors remain apprehensive about higher tariffs going into effect on imports from China after three-month pause allowed on other changes.
Consumer health player Karo is changing hands from EQT to KKR in a deal thought to value the Stockholm-based firm at over €2.5bn.
Eleat's acquisition encompasses Clasado's Bimuno finished supplement product line and customer base, but not its Bimuno GOS proprietary galactooligosaccharide prebiotic ingredient.
Kemin Industries founder, human and animal health care innovator RW Nelson dies; Heather Remley moves from BASF’s Global Engineering to North America business helm; and golfer Bryson DeChambeau links up with Bucked Up.
European Food Safety Authority finds no cause and effect relationship between Givaudan's Pacran supplement and defense against urinary tract infections.
While uncertainty might reign in the UK consumer health market - which grew by by 8% to £4.1bn ($5.3bn) in 2024 - “opportunity is everywhere” according to NielsenIQ health and beauty insights manager Alex Heffernan.
Agreement with Seoul-based health and wellness player TopHealth will see the roll out of ProBiotix' cholesterol-lowering probiotics in South Korea.
Italy's Alfasigma has expanded its operation in Germany with the creation of a new Consumer Healthcare unit. Led by Rüdiger Hoppe, the business is rolling out OTC medical devices and dietary supplements in the gastrointestinal category.
Ibis Reproductive Health adds Desiree Williams to lead MORE Study; Radicle Science adds Rob Sinnott as senior strategic advisor; Leann Sims joins AbundaBox as COO; former Cannabis Beverage Association president moves to Vertosa; Vegamour expands executive staff with CMO; and Oura Ring firm appoints CMO.
Arkopharma's parent company Dermapharm is undertaking a strategic shift at the French firm to help it better compete in the dietary supplements market after a tough year.
Vitawell seeking to empower consumers left confused by the vast array of dietary supplements available to them in the UK.
Chinese consumers are now routinely taking supplements for a variety of health reasons, helping to drive up sales of the Swisse Plus+ brand by 20% in 2024.
Growing use of GLP-1 receptor agonists is having a positive knock-on effect on the dietary supplements market, reports OptiBiotix Health, marketer of the SlimBiome weight management prebiotic.