New Products

CINCINATTI — Procter & Gamble’s Always Discreet is introducing a fashionable bladder leak protection option for shoppers. The brand on Tuesday launched Always Discreet Boutique, which it said has the look, feel and fit of real underwear — delivering for the 71% of women in an online study it conducted who said they’d keep their bladder leak underwear with the rest of their underwear if it was pretty.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Schmidt’s Naturals is bringing its mission of creating natural personal care products beyond its selection of deodorants. The company has introduced the new line of Schmidt’s Bar Soaps in six scents that mirror its deodorant line, each of which contains a different natural exfoliant.

Drug Store News spoke to Sujanil’s Ashish Desai about what differentiates the comapny’s Lice-Nil lice treatment from other brands on the market. 

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. — BD is bringing a new option for patients using pen injection devices. The BD Ultra-Fine micro pen needle 6 mm x 32 gauge is set for distribution in September, bringing a new needle length option to patients with diabetes who inject insulin.

STAMFORD, Conn. — To mark the coming release of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Philips Norelco is bringing three new shavers to market, all of which are inspired by the film series, for a limited time. The four shavers bring together the company’s technology with new design features that are meant to emulate different “Star Wars” characters.

MINNEAPOLIS — Starkey Hearing Technologies on Tuesday announced the availability of its new Ear Health product line, including solutions for earwax, earaches, itchy ears, dry ears and for protecting ears from damaging sounds.

Starkey Hearing is already a well-known brand among prescription-only hearing aid products. This move creates a brand resonance for Starkey in the ear care aisle, which may see more hearing aid manufacturers enter the space as hearing aids indicated for mild to moderate hearing loss migrate into OTC sets.

With news that Ansell's condoms unit would soon be sold to CITIC Capital and Humanwell, Drug Store News spoke with Jeyan Heper, new LifeStyles CEO, and Carol Carrozza, VP markting sexual wellness, at the recent National Association Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo to get a sense of what retailers and the industry can expect from Ansell in the coming year.

Here's what they had to say.

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. — Earlier this year, Cirrus Healthcare Products improved upon what was already one of the leading earplugs on the market with the introduction of EP2 at a suggested retail price of about $10.

Its predecessor, EarPlanes, generated $3 million across total U.S. multi-outlets for the 52 weeks ended July 10, according to IRI, on growth of 3.9%.