HEALTH

Vitamin Shoppe populates board with heavy hitters from broadcast, retail industries
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Vitamin Shoppe on Thursday announced that its board of directors voted to expand the size of the board to 12 directors and appointed the YES Network's Tracy Dolgin and former Pier 1 Import chief executive Alex Smith as members of the board of directors effective April 4, 2017.
Trojan kicks off year 3 of consent education campaign
EWING, N.J. — Church & Dwight’s Trojan condom brand is launching its Consent. Ask For It. campaign's third year in April, which is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign, which is focused on college campuses, includes a pledge for students to take in support of a “culture of consent” that ensures consent is given before and during sexual activity.

Study: Amazon makes big strides in capturing health, personal care, food shoppers

SANDY, Utah — Amazon is gaining a significantly larger share-of-wallet for everyday household items — and the retailer continues to build momentum.
21st Century introduces ReNourish line of protein powders

TEMPE, Ariz. — 21st Century HealthCare last month launched a new line of protein powders under the brand umbrella ReNourish. The protein powders, offered in both Wellness and Sport formulas, are gluten-free with no aspartame or added soy, the company stated.
Pharmavite fills new VP North American sales role

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — Pharmavite on Wednesday named Tony True VP of North American sales, a new role for the vitamin and supplement manufacturer. True will oversee all sales functionality in North America, including customer relationships, sales planning and forecasting, customer development and retail execution.
Aromatherapy growth is ‘breath of fresh air’ for health-and-wellness sales

It's a category that two years ago represented a fresh opportunity only for enterprising specialty operators, and yet today aromatherapy has successfully made the transition from those niche health food markets to mass outlets, where it is fast becoming an integral piece to the overall health-and-wellness offering.
CytoSport launches Muscle Milk protein bars

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Sports nutrition company CytoSport has introduced the latest addition to its Muscle Milk protein product portfolio. The company is launching Muscle Milk protein bars in 12 flavors, each of which contain 15-20 g of protein.
Heading into April, flu still prevalent in Carolinas

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Last week’s Walgreens Flu Index found that a number of states, including the Carolinas, Tennessee and Louisiana, continue to see widespread flu activity in the final week of March.

For the week of March 26, the top 10 markets by flu activity according to the Walgreens Flu Index were:
IM HealthScience post-marketing surveillance study affirms FDgard safety profile

BOCA RATON, Fla. — IM HealthScience on Monday announced favorable results from its Functional Dyspepsia Safety Update at 6 months (FDSU-6), a real-world, post-marketing surveillance study reporting on the safety and tolerability profile of FDgard among the more than 182,000 patients who used the product. The results found no serious adverse events.

Additionally, the rates and patterns of non-serious adverse events were low (0.02%) and generally consistent with those normal adverse events commonly associated with an FD population.
DSN taps global markets expert as contributor

Drug Store News is pleased to announce that Ed Rowland, founder and principal of Rowland Global, has been named a contributing editor focusing on global trends and issues and their impact on the U.S. OTC business. Rowland provided DSN a successful series of blogs in 2016 discussing the “Rules of the Road” for U.S. brand owners contemplating entry into some of the most important global markets.