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The one common denominator that will bring into focus all future visions on what retail pharmacy will look like 10 years from now is secure connectivity and big data. Successfully managing health at scale will be predicated on efficient population management algorithms that enable caregivers to successfully intercept patients before a health event occurs.

Retailers are asking for fewer — but bigger and bolder — new products and fewer flankers.

So what’s hot — and why?

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — In March, GSK Consumer Healthcare launched Children’s Flonase. If sales of the children’s liquid versions of existing allergy brands are any indication — typically pediatric SKUs represent between 10% and 25% the sales of their parent brand — Children’s Flonase could reach as high as $85 million in its first year.

CVS Pharmacy

Since a resurgence in the late 1990s, bedbugs persist as a problem across the United States. According to recent surveys by the National Pest Management Association, 99.6% of pest professionals surveyed treated for bedbugs in 2015 and one out of five Americans has had a bedbug infestation in their home or knows someone who has encountered bedbugs at home or in a hotel. As these infestations continue to rise across North America, DSN talked to Gary Beutler, COO of KiltronX Enviro Systems, about the problem and the remedies required to combat it.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When it comes to ready-to-drink baby electrolytes, consumers continue to show a clear preference for Abbott Nutrition’s Pedialyte line. The category’s best-selling brand, Pedialyte accounted for nearly $6 of every $10 spent in the category during the 12 months ended May 15, according to IRI. That market share is a slight increase over a year earlier and is mainly due to the growing popularity of Pedialyte Advanced Care.

ONTARIO — Diva International’s DivaCup continues to build a loyal following. The healthcare-grade silicon cup is said to effectively collect menstrual fluid for up to 12 hours and is considered sustainable because it contains no latex, plastic, PVC, acrylic, BPA, phthalate, elastomer, polyethylene, colors or dyes.

CPG executives discussed the best way to fight off disruption during at a panel discussion moderated by Dan Mack, executive director of the Mack Elevation Forum, at the Future Leaders Summit.