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BLACKMORES has reported an
impressive 29% year-on-year
increase in its group sales, to $164
million in the first half of 2013.
Speaking about the results,
company ceo Christine Holgate said
weve enjoyed strong sales growth
from across our business.
Even excluding BioCeuticals, our
new acquisition, sales grew by
12%, she added.
In addition, the results also
showed that in the first half of the
financial year Blackmores Australia
delivered $108 million in invoiced
sales, up 10% in a highly
competitive market.
Blackmores is not immune to the
pressure of retailing in such a
challenging and changing market
and significant investment was
made in both marketing and trade
support in the period, the
company said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the companys core
Asian markets delivered sales
growth including a 22% lift in sales
from Thailand, and 26% sales
growth in Malaysia.
Blackmores also noted that its
Korean operations experienced
some delays in new product
approvals but confidence remains
in the health of this business.
Moreover, the company
confirmed that it has progressed
with its entry into China, and that it
now has trading agreements in
place with major pharmacy groups
and 70 staff trained and
operational.
The first half results capture
expenses associated with the
launch of Blackmores in China
however revenues from China have
not yet been fully recognised in the
Groups reported sales as a result of
the nature of the trading
agreements, the company said.
Meanwhile, Blackmores has said
that it is pleased with the progress
of BioCeuticals, reporting that in
the first six months since the
acquisition, sales have grown by 8%
to $21.5 million.
Blackmores also said that it has
developed a new growth strategy
for the BioCeuticals.
After considering the additional
debt required to fund the
acquisition, the business is already
positively impacting our earnings,
Holgate said.
Net debt at period end was
$81.9m (an increase of $48.9m),
which according to Blackmores,
reflects the funding required for
the acquisition of BioCeuticals in
July 2012.
Discussing the newly created
Blackmores Institute, Holgate said
that the Institute is currently
overseeing investment in 25 clinical
trials in partnership with leading
hospitals and universities.
Infections and hearing
RESEARCHERS from the
Australian National University have
found that children with chronic
ear infections (otitis media) may be
more likely to have hearing loss
issues later in life.
The study, conducted with funds
provided by GSK, looked at 4,000
children and found a strong
association between kids who
suffered chronic ear infections in
early childhood and hearing
problems further along the line.
As such, researchers noted that
children between the ages of four
and five who suffered ear infections
had a whopping four-fold risk of
hearing problems four years later,
at age eight.
Speaking about the link,
researchers said it was both
striking and alarming.
Blackmores sales strong
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NZ baby bottle blunder
SOME baby bottles in NZ have been
found to have wrong volume indicator
markings on them, according to the
Pharmacy Guild of NZ.
The bottles tend to be
unbranded and sold in low-cost or
discount stores, the NZ Guild said.
European standard EN14350
stipulates that the 100ml mark on
baby bottles must be accurate to
within 5%.
Some NZ-sold bottles meet this
standard, but they tend to be
better known, more expensive
brands, the Guild added.
As such, the NZ Guild is advising
caregivers to visit their local
pharmacy where a pharmacist or
other staff member will be able to
check bottle volume markings
using trade-standard measuring
equipment, and mark a corrected
volume where appropriate.
THE Pharmaceutical Society of
Australia, in partnership with
mental health consumers, carers
and care coordinators, mental
health policy and practice experts
and health professionals, has
released a mental health framework.
The framework articulates the
expertise of pharmacists and the
roles they do and can fulfil as
partners in mental health care; and
is intended to be used as the basis
for exploring future pharmacist
roles as partners in mental health
care.
The framework explains how the
role of pharmacists can be
categorised into: indirect services,
including education, academic
detailing and policy development;
and direct services, such as
medication adherence support,
crisis intervention or medication
review, which are aligned broadly
with four main aims for mental
health care service delivery: health
promotion, supporting early detection
and intervention, minimising
illness, and maximising recovery.
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