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Green Pharmaceuticals’ SnoreStop Nasal Spray, previously marketed as “NasoSpray,” still is available even though agency officials on multiple occasions for a month recommended a recall after an April inspection found “gross microbial contamination” in one lot.

Viome Life Sciences launches VRx MyBiotics Toothpaste & Gel to complete its Oral Health Solution system; Liquid Core Gum’s Edge Performance made with its Liquid Core and Flavor Wave properties and distributed in packaging developed using sustainable cardboard tubes; and NOW Health Group launches Omega-3 Gummy Chews and E-Sport Reaction supplements.

California Senate Appropriations Committee suspends consideration of bill for current session after it and Judiciary Committee voted to recommend passing the bill earlier in session. Legislative sessions continue in Massachusetts and New Jersey with bills for similar restrictions.

Amulet announces $5.8 million in series A financing led by HealthX Ventures along with Incite Ventures, AllerFund, Mendota Venture Capital and Great Oaks Venture Capital. Allergy Amulet is for on-the-go testing of food to determine whether allergens are present.

Herbalife adds distributors and training as sales slow; Amphastar bullish on Primatene Mist $100M full-year target; and ChromaDex net sales up 12%.

“We continue to believe that taking care of your health or someone in your family is the last place to look to make a change or save a few pennies,” says CEO Ron Lombardi. Firm more frequently using air freight services so Clear Eyes products are on store shelves when consumers expect.

Church & Dwight’s slower sales at retail in June-July than in January-May point to still slower results for rest of year. It doesn’t expect second-half help from gummy vitamin lines or give them a full vote of confidence for remaining in portfolio.

P&G's FY2024 Q4 net sales were flat at $20.5bn, lower than consensus estimates, but the firm says its underlying business divisions are healthy and forecasts FY2025 sales up 2% to 4%, up 3% to 5% organically.

CRN appreciates Durbin’s “commitment to greater transparency in the dietary supplement marketplace,” but “cannot endorse it in its current form”; AHPA asks for better option; and NPA remains opposed.

“Science is pretty evident that there's no connection between supplement use and eating disorders,” says NPA’s Kyle Turk. “CRN continues to raise fundamental concerns about what benefit the bill offers,” says CRN’s Steve Mister.

CRN gained approval of motion for expedited briefing when it notified Second Circuit it would appeal District Court for Southern New York’s ruling against its motion for preliminary injunction against state law prohibiting sales to minors of supplements and OTC drugs containing ingredients labeled or promoted for weight loss and bodybuilding.

UK prebiotic specialist Clasado Biociences is expanding across APAC and Eastern Europe through two recently-signed distribution deals: Alliance Nutrition Group’s Shanghai Prochin for China and BART in Poland.

A new requirement for drug companies on how much safety stock to maintain and a mechanism for extending the expiration date of a lot or batch of a drug if there is a shortage that could cause harm are among the measures Health Canada is proposing to adopt.

A deal between Stada Arzneimittel and Adcan Pharma will see the former exclusively market and commercialize in the UAE a portfolio of 15 consumer healthcare products produced and supplied by the latter.

France, Italy and Spain among the 10 countries where Futura Medical has rolled out its Eroxon drug-free erectile dysfunction treatment in the opening six months of the year.

Good news for manufacturers selling Pharmacy "P" medicines in the UK - they will soon be able to market many of these products for self-selection in pharmacies, thanks to a surprise change by the regulator the UK General Pharmaceutical Council.

CV Sciences closes purchase of Elevated Softgels, a manufacturer of encapsulated softgels and tinctures for the supplement and nutrition industry. Captek Softgel starts gummy supplement production at a 60,000-square foot facility.

More than a decade after acquiring vitafusion and L’il Critter gummy vitamin brands and touting gummy as a key growth driver in the VMS space, C&D’s seeing different market trends.

The unanimous decision that the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine lacks standing to challenge the FDA’s relaxation of the abortion pill REMS leaves unclear whether the court would have deferred to the agency’s expertise on the merits. 

“Clear Eyes is a perfect example where we're dual-sourced and two facilities don't usually go down at the same time. This was just a quite an anomaly,” says CFO Christine Sacco, noting PCH works with more than 100 contract manufacturers.