New Products

With more than 12 million outbreaks estimated to occur annually among preschool and school-aged children in the United States, lice infestations are a big deal. And pharmacists play a key role in helping parents select safe and successful treatments.

According to a whitepaper published earlier this year by TyraTech, makers of Vamousse, lice resistance to permethrin and synergized pyrethrins has limited the efficacy of OTC products containing these pesticides and engendered their misuse and overuse.

Adult bath products offering a Zen-like experience are bubbling to the surface in mass stores and helping to perk up sales, along with Epsom salt soaks. Consumers are favoring products with a purpose over simply fragrant bath additives. That explains the 26% climb in volume of Dr. Teal’s, which offers a Pure Epsom Salt Soak, along with body wash and foaming bath. It is the No.1 selling SKU in the bath category.

It appears oral care brands are borrowing a page from the skin care playbook. To brush up on sales, more oral care brands are mirroring trends that have boosted mass market skin care sales — double-duty toothpastes, a trend toward “premiumization” and building momentum for more naturally positioned offerings.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Pharmacy technology company QS/1 announced Friday that it has partnered with Updox to bring its users web-based care coordination suite Pharmacy Connect. The platform allows pharmacists to exchange patient information securely with healthcare providers and to communicate with patients.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — QS/1 has found its new president. QS/1 parent company J M Smith has named Saul Factor to the position, effective July 1, following an international search to replace Tammy Devine, who is retiring after 35 years with the company.

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Procter & Gamble’s Gillette brand looks to be gearing up to introduce its TREO, a razor designed exclusively for assisted shaving, which the company said would be the first such product on the market.

SEATTLE — Craft soda brand Dry Sparkling  is expanding its offerings in time for summer. The company announced Thursday the addition of its watermelon flavor. The new flavor contains 50 calories and 12 g of sugar per 12-oz. serving, and is made with four ingredients and a small amount of cane sugar, Dry Sparkling said.