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US OTC Market In 2020: COVID-19 Impact Obvious In Medical Device As Well As Drug Sales Growth

US OTC Market In 2020: COVID-19 Impact Obvious In Medical Device As Well As Drug Sales Growth

Source : 'HBW Insight'

Consumer response to the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive 3.5% growth to $36.5bn in OTC drug retail sales in the US according to a Consumer Healthcare Products Association report.

The pandemic spurred...

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J&J’s Nicorette QuickMist SmartTrack – Getting Inside One Of 2020’s Biggest UK Launches

J&J’s Nicorette QuickMist SmartTrack – Getting Inside One Of 2020’s Biggest UK Launches

Source : 'HBW Insight'

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health’s Nicorette QuickMist SmartTrack digitally enabled smoking cessation aid was one of the biggest launches of 2020.

Describing the product as “the world’s first connected OTC...

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France Puts The Brakes On Launch Of Anti-COVID Nasal Spray

France Puts The Brakes On Launch Of Anti-COVID Nasal Spray

Source : 'HBW Insight'

France’s National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety, ANSM, has blocked the launch of an OTC nasal spray marketed to inactivate the virus which causes COVID-19 due to lack...

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Australia’s Starpharma Plans To Launch COVID-Killing Nasal Spray In Europe

Australia’s Starpharma Plans To Launch COVID-Killing Nasal Spray In Europe

Source : 'HBW Insight'

Melbourne-based Starpharma has been granted approval for the Europe-wide sale of its Viraleze antiviral nasal spray, which the firm said has been shown to be more than 99% effective against...