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May 9, 2013
Sanitizers 'cleaning up'

With the successful launch of Purell Advanced hand sanitizer last year, Purell Consumer has helped bring some excitement back to the category.

May 8, 2013
Purell Advanced named top sanitizer by TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor on Wednesday named Purell Advanced Hand Sanitizer "best hand sanitizer" as part of the travel site's second annual Travelers' Choice Awards for Travel Favorites.

May 2, 2013
Gojo launches 'Tough Job - Sweet Deal' sweepstakes

Hygiene products manufacturer Gojo Industries is sponsoring a special promotion targeted at people that really get their hands dirty at work, the company announced.

April 10, 2013
Newhall Laboratories on track to reinvigorate classic personal care brands

Newhall Labs, a recently formed company that is working to acquire and reinvigorate classic personal care and beauty brands, is giving such brands as L.A. Looks; Soft & Dri; Dep; Thicker, Fuller Hair; and La Bella a makeover.

March 11, 2013
Lysol introduces Touch of Foam hand soap

Lysol, a Reckitt Benckiser company, has announced a new line of foaming hand soaps, the company said.

January 31, 2013
Disinfectants join the battle against cold and flu

Ever since H1N1, prevention has been a strong theme resonating through each cough-cold season.

January 25, 2013
Wellco Brands launches pain relief cream for under the nose of cold, allergy sufferers

Wellco Brands on Thursday launched Healerz for Noses, a pain relief cream to soothe the skin under the nose that becomes irritated during cold and allergy season.

December 4, 2012
Study: Use of Purell hand sanitizer reduced diarrhea and respiratory illness incidence among children

Among children who took part in a recent study on the use of hand sanitizer in an environment with limited access to clean water, diarrhea cases were reduced by 30% and respiratory illnesses by more than 11%, GOJO Industries noted in a release issued Tuesday.

November 30, 2012
OraSure prepares nationwide TV promotion campaign for in-home HIV test

HIV test maker OraSure Technologies has appointed a new executive to head its consumer marketing division as it prepares to launch a nationwide TV campaign on Saturday.

October 23, 2012
StoreBoard program sets up in-store hand-sanitizer kiosks for Duane Reade customers

StoreBoard Media — a company that places advertising billboards on the security pedestals at the entrance of chain stores nationwide — is launching its StoreBoard Wellness Program throughout New York's 259 Duane Reade stores.

October 17, 2012
Study: Out of 20 hand sanitizer brands, Purell only one to deliver on FDA monograph

Gojo Industries on Wednesday announced the results of a series of independent lab studies testing the ability of instant hand sanitizers to meet Food and Drug Administration Healthcare Personnel Handwash germ kill requirements at various dosage levels.

September 13, 2012
Prestige Brands introduces new Luden's, Chloraseptic items for cough-cold season

Prestige Brands is sprucing up its portfolio with new Luden's and Chloraseptic products.

August 9, 2012
Lysol introduces Power and Free line

Lysol has introduced its latest line of household products that highlights the versatility of hydrogen peroxide.

June 28, 2012
Armorteria launches child-size wristband that doubles as sanitizer dispenser

Armorteria showcased its Halo Sani-Cuffs, a child-size wristband with a small, refillable reservoir for hand sanitizer, at the recent NACDS Marketplace conference in Denver earlier this week.

June 28, 2012
Skinvisible sanitizer tests well against MRSA and E. coli

Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals on Thursday announced the successful completion of two new studies undertaken for DermSafe, a nonalcohol hand sanitizer made with 4% chlorhexidine gluconate.

June 21, 2012
Brands focus on lasting legacies

This may be the year of the legacy brands as two companies that recently acquired separate brand portfolios from GlaxoSmithKline focus on reinvigorating consumer attention to their respective product lines.


June 21, 2012
Prevention playing key role in 2012-2013 cough-cold products

Could cough-cold category managers be a victim of their own success? Could the reason that not nearly as many consumers came down with some sort of upper respiratory illness this past season be credited to a build-up in cough-cold prevention products?


April 3, 2012
Prestige Brands completes remainder of GSK OTC brands acquisition

Prestige Brands Holdings on Monday announced that it has completed the purchase of the two remaining brands of the 17 brands it agreed to acquire from GlaxoSmithKline; the purchase of Debrox ear wax remover and Gly-Oxide oral rinse completes the transaction.

March 7, 2012
Listerine, Reach support American Heart Association's 'My Heart. My Life' initiative

Listerine and Reach are helping to improve consumers' oral health habits by supporting the American Heart Association's heart healthy living initiative, "My Heart. My Life," and have tapped Olympic snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler to spread the word about brushing, flossing and rinsing each day as an important part of a good oral health lifestyle.

March 1, 2012
Halo oral antiseptic spray named 'Best Product' at ECRM cough-cold event

Oasis Consumer Healthcare's Halo oral antiseptic on Wednesday evening received Best Product honors from ECRM for the 2012 Cough & Cold and Allergy EPPS conference.

February 17, 2012
2012 season peaks late

As of the beginning of February, the cough-cold season had yet to materialize and illness levels were only just beginning to climb. If that’s the case, then an expected illness peak in late February/early March would make the 2011-2012 cough, cold and flu season one of the later-peaking seasons in recent years.


February 17, 2012
Q&A: Handy work

GoJo is gearing up for the 2012-2013 cough-cold season with a new lineup of Purell hand sanitizers, a factor that breathes new life into a commoditized category. Drug Store News caught up with Tim Cleary, sales VP for Purell Consumer, for the scoop on the relaunch.


January 30, 2012
Clorox Professional Products introduces hydrogen peroxide cleaner disinfectant wipes, spray

Clorox's Professional Products division has launched a new line of ready-to-use, one-step cleaner disinfectants engineered with a patented activated hydrogen peroxide formula.

November 4, 2011
New formulas boost sales

Sales of acne-fighting products have been on the rise, which comes as little surprise as manufacturers continue to develop innovative formulas and consumers strive for flawless, blemish-free skin.


October 28, 2011
EO Products' soap, lotions receive NON-GMO verification

EO Products, a manufacturer of natural and organic body care, has announced that its entire line of soaps and lotions has received NON-GMO verification from the NON-GMO Project.

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