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Dietary supplements containing unsafe or unauthorized substances, including a number marketed to enhance sexual performance, were reported to the European Commission by national regulators on more than 50 occasions in the second quarter of 2023.

A strong winter cough and cold season, demand for gut health products and price rises have all contributed to a good first six months of 2023 for Germany's OTC market, according to the latest Sempora data. 

The health claim “Affron contributes to maintain a healthy mood by reducing the negative traits of depressive and anxiety feelings” is one of four rejected by the European Commission in the first half of 2023.

Food supplements containing unsafe or unauthorized substances were reported to the European Commission by national regulators on around 30 occasions in the first quarter of 2023.

The growth of sales of nutraceuticals through German pharmacy is slowing post-pandemic, according to IQVIA data. However, there were still double-digit gains for vitamin C and multivitamin products.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Consumers visiting pharmacies for preventative health products like food supplements drove strong growth in France's consumer healthcare market in 2022. To build on this success, the country's OTC manufacturers' association, NèreS, is calling for a national self-care strategy that would promote pharmacists as the go-to healthcare professionals for self-care. 

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Five general function health claims, two for the reduction of disease risk and one for children's development or health were rejected by the European Commission in 2022 after applicants failed to establish a cause and effect relationship between the food and the claimed effect.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Record of OTC drugs, traditional herbal medicines and homeopathic medicines added to France's "free access" pharmacy self-selection scheme in 2022.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.