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  • Omron president, CEO joins board of HealthCorps, the organization founded by Dr. Oz

    NEW YORK - HealthCorps, the national not-for-profit organization founded by Dr. Mehmet Oz and Lisa Oz, on Tuesday named Ranndy Kellogg, president and CEO of Omron Healthcare, to its board of directors.

    Omron Healthcare is a world leader in heart and wellness technology and Kellogg is an outspoken advocate for heart health, advancing a vision of a world with zero heart attacks and strokes.

  • Data analytics company Advanced Plan for Health partners with iHealth Labs

    IRVING, Texas - Advanced Plan for Health, a provider of data analytics technology to help organizations improve health benefits programs, on Monday announced it is teaming with iHealth Labs, a provider of mobile healthcare monitoring solutions. By integrating with iHealth's mobile health devices and solution, and incorporating the health vitals compiled from iHealth's devices into APH's data analytics engine, employers are able to reduce employee health costs, improve health outcomes and empower individuals to be hands-on managers of their own health.

  • Moberg Pharma to acquire 3 U.S. OTC brands from Prestige Brands

    STOCKHOLM -- Moberg Pharma has signed an agreement to acquire U.S. OTC brands New Skin, Fiber Choice and PediaCare from Prestige Brands, Inc.

    The purchase price is $40 million and the acquired brands will be sold through Moberg’s current OTC channel in the U.S, primarily in drugstores such as CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid and in mass retailers such as Walmart and Target.

  • First Response Rapid Result sales swell

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A mainstay of Church & Dwight’s First Response line, the First Response Rapid Result pregnancy test has been one of the strongest-performing items in the pregnancy test kit market over the past year. Data from IRI showed that for the 12 months ended May 15, sales of First Response Rapid Result increased by 34.1% to $15.3 million, making it the fifth best-selling pregnancy test in the country and 1-of-3 First Response products among the category’s 10 top sellers.

  • Amazon brings more products to customer fingertips

    Amazon.com is continuing to expand its assortment of Dash buttons.
     

  • NACDS Foundation supports increased HIV testing awareness

    ARLINGTON, Va. – As public health authorities seek to raise awareness about HIV testing, a study funded by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation is evaluating a model that may provide patients with increased access to HIV and Hepatitis C testing, and link patients to a specialized physician or health department as needed for further care.

  • WellCare of Georgia increases OTC, vision Medicaid benefits to boost preventative care

    ATLANTA - WellCare of Georgia, a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, enhanced its Medicaid benefits Thursday by adding new incentives to its healthy rewards program and increasing its over-the-counter and vision program benefits.

  • Transitions Can Boost Transactions

    For most, transitioning from hospital to home recovery is anything but smooth. Today’s fast-paced healthcare environment faces mounting physician shortages, increasing health premiums, and a health system that ushers patients quickly from the care in a hospital setting to either self-care or family caregiver support at home.
     
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