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February 15, 2011
Walgreens promotes Mia Scholz

Walgreens last month promoted Mia Scholz from corporate VP accounting and controller to SVP accounting and controller.

February 15, 2011
Watson's global generics business sees boost

Watson's global generics business drove the drug maker's net revenue in the fourth quarter, according to a financial earnings release.

February 15, 2011
Winn-Dixie closes gap toward quarterly black

Operations at Winn-Dixie Stores continued to improve across the second quarter, helping to drive shares up by 11 cents to $6.92 per share in mid-day trading.

February 14, 2011
AccuDial developing child-proof children’s dosing syringe

AccuDial Pharmaceutical earlier this month announced it has developed a new patent-pending line of child-proof container enclosure systems, designed to reduce the accidental or unsupervised ingestion of liquid over-the-counter and prescription medications.

February 14, 2011
Avandia's labeling information revised

GlaxoSmithKline has changed prescribing information on the labeling for one of its Type 2 diabetes drugs to reflect new restrictions on the drug’s use, the drug maker said.

February 14, 2011
Blood-glucose levels indicator of retinopathy risk

Individuals who have higher blood-glucose levels and poorer control of those levels over time appear more likely to develop eye-related complications 10 years later, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology published Monday.

February 14, 2011
Crayola slated to launch new creative activities this summer

Crayola is looking to dazzle kids and parents alike with a new lineup of creative activities.

February 14, 2011
Davis named Walmart's global consumer insights chief

Walmart has named Cindy Davis EVP of its global consumer insights business unit created two weeks ago as part of a larger corporate restructuring.

February 14, 2011
FDA grants Acurox priority review

The Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review an application for a pain medication designed to thwart drug abusers.

February 14, 2011
Gilead resubmits HIV drug application to FDA

Gilead Sciences has refiled an approval application with the Food and Drug Administration for an HIV drug, the drug maker said.

February 14, 2011
In SEC filing, A&P reports resignation of CFO

Bankrupt grocer A&P reported in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Brenda Galgano, SVP, CFO and treasurer, will resign, effective March 27.

February 14, 2011
Keeping kids moving with GeoPalz

A line of kid-friendly pedometers is expanding to include two new water-resistant products.

February 14, 2011
L'Oréal chairman bids company adieu

French beauty company L'Oréal has announced the departure of Lindsay Owen-Jones, the company's longtime chairman.

February 14, 2011
Last-minute shoppers feel the love in Target's greeting card aisle

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2011
Lilly appoints new oncology unit president

Following the exit of its oncology unit leader, drug maker Eli Lilly announced two executive changes.

February 14, 2011
Meg Whitman rejoins P&G's board

The former president and CEO of eBay has returned to Procter & Gamble's board of directors, effective immediately.

February 14, 2011
NAD recommends modification of Clearblue Easy Digital ad claims

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus last week recommended that SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics, manufacturer of the Clearblue Easy Digital home pregnancy test, modify its advertising to clarify to consumers that the test only delivers completely “certain” results on or after the day of a consumer’s expected menstrual period.

February 14, 2011
New HHS Web portal to drive innovative disease state management

The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday launched a new Web portal that very well could make niche marketing of pharmaceutical and over-the-counter medicines easier to execute.

February 14, 2011
NSF International, Natrue develop standard for natural personal care products

NSF International, a U.S. testing and certification organization, has partnered with Natrue, the international natural and organic cosmetic association based in Brussels, to develop a national standard for natural personal care products.

February 14, 2011
Pa. health dept. helps smokers quit in the name of love

The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Friday announced it would be distributing free nicotine replacement therapy kits beginning on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, to help Pennsylvanians who want to give up tobacco “in the name of love.”

February 14, 2011
Report: Generic drug makers may look to diversify portfolios

An increase in consolidation among generic drug companies could be in the works, according to a new report from Thomson Reuters.

February 14, 2011
Report: Spending on positive trend

Total retail sales grew 5.5% during the month of January, according to MasterCard Advisors’ "SpendingPulse" report.

February 14, 2011
Sealed with a kiss: Shoppers Drug Mart develops lip makeover app

Shoppers Drug Mart has partnered with FaceCake Marketing Technologies to create a new lip makeover mobile app that enables beauty mavens to use their iPhones to view a lipstick shade on their own image.

February 14, 2011
Study: Bristol's apixaban effective among atrial fibrillation patients

An investigational drug made by Bristol-Myers Squibb works better than aspirin in reducing the risk of complications in certain patients with heart rhythm problems, according to results of a late-stage clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

February 14, 2011
Study: Energy drink use by young people could lead to health problems

New research published in the Feb. 14 online edition of Pediatrics found that prolonged use of energy drinks by young people can lead to potentially adverse health outcomes.

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