Recently in pharma news, it was announced that the FDA has approved a new shingles vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline, designed to immunize those aged 50 or older against the shingles virus. The new vaccine, Shingrix, is said to be more effective than the vaccine that has been used in recent years, according to an FDA panel expert. This was in reference …
You’re probably familiar with retail-ready packaging if you’re a manufacturer of retail products supplied to big box stores such as Kroger or Walmart, but are you using it? Because retailers prefer this secondary packaging, it’s in most manufacturers’ best interest to consider it, because it eliminates some of the headaches and costs for retailers. For example, when secondary packaging, such …
Recently it was announced that, as health-conscious consumers and an aging population control increasing demand for self-medication, Pfizer is considering the sale or spin-off of the company’s consumer healthcare business, to the tune of $15 billion. In recent years, deal-making has become more pronounced as consumers’ desire for self-medication increases, whether in lip balms, headache medications, vitamins, or other OTC …
According to recent food package labeling news reports, 84% of those surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll believe the U.S. government should require food packaging have nutrition labels – even those who essentially ignore the labels. Under the Trump administration, the introduction of mandatory labeling of genetically engineered ingredients use and added sugars in packaged foods has been delayed by …
Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) is a drug manufactured by Intercept Pharmaceuticals for treatment of PBC or primary biliary cholangitis, a rare and chronic disease of the liver that damages the organ as a result of the bile build-up that occurs when the bile ducts become damaged, inflamed, or are destroyed. Now, the FDA has issued a warning regarding excessive dosing of …