Tensions between industry and the European Commission on the issue of  health claims for botanical food supplements were aired on the second day of the BAH's High Level Conference on the Future of Medicines, with the EC saying the EU Green Deal is now higher up on its list of priorities for the foreseeable future. 

Europe’s self-care industry has “learned its lessons,” particularly in terms of securing the pharmaceutical ingredient supply chain, and will come out of the coronavirus pandemic stronger, insisted AESGP president Birgit Schuhbauer at the BAH’s High-Level Conference on Future Drug Supply in the European Union.

Can Atlas Biomed unlock Japan's self-care market with its direct-to-consumer DNA and microbiome tests? HBW Insight catches up with the company's co-founder and CEO to discuss this and also how Atlas has been driving its European expansion plans despite coronavirus. 

Johnson & Johnson believes personalization via digital holds the key to smoking cessation success as it launches in the UK its app-supported Nicorette QuickMist SmartTrack product.

Will the second wave of coronavirus lockdown have the same impact on the European consumer health industry? Speaking exclusively to HBW Insight from Germany, Merz Consumer Care CEO Frank Baldauf thinks not. Recently investing in premium beard care brand Brooklyn Soap and launching its tetesept Formula range in the Netherlands, Merz's Baldauf suggest that there will be less panic buying this time round and the CHC supply chain will hold up under pressure. 

HBW Insight speaks to new Global Self-Care Federation chair and Bayer CH chief Heiko Schipper about the role that self-care can play in alleviating pressure on national health care systems, the importance of self-care's scientific credentials and of maintaining supply chain continuity during the coronavirus pandemic.