• Healthcare app, over the counter and prescription-only products up for industry accolades • Industry votes will decide the winners • Nominations follow similar awards success earlier this year
Huddersfield, December 2020:
Fifteen products manufactured by Huddersfield-based Thornton & Ross (T&R), part of the STADA Group, have been shortlisted in the annual Pharmacy Product of the Year Awards.
The prestigious awards showcase excellence in an increasingly competitive market and highlight the best products as voted for by readers of Independent Community Pharmacist. Nominations are across both T&R’s over the counter and prescription-only ranges.
Shortlisted products are:
Baby Care: Oilatum® Junior Cream and Oilatum® Junior Bath Additive respectively
Child Heath: Hedrin® All in One Shampoo
Footcare: Flexitol® Heel Balm
First Aid: Savlon® Antiseptic Cream
Hair and Scalp: Nizoral® 100ml
Medicated Skincare: Eurax® Cream and Zeroderma®
Pharmacy Training: Care Wellbeing at Work module and Zeroderma®
Skincare: Cetraben® Cream, Oilatum® Showergel and Oilatum® Cream
Travel Health: Eurax® Cream
Technology: Care ‘Ultimate Guide to Care’ HCP App
The nominations follow the success of T&R products in the MVP Awards earlier this year.
Roger Scarlett-Smith, executive UK vice-president at T&R, commented: “With all of the hard work that goes into producing every element of our products, we are very proud to have so many recognised as valuable products to pharmacists.
“This year’s pandemic has presented us with some unprecedented challenges so it especially gratifying to be nominated by our valued customers within the independent pharmacy sector. Our thanks go, as ever, to our incredibly hard-working team whose dedication ensures excellence throughout our range.”
Those eligible to vote in the awards can do so via: https://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/ppoya-20. The deadline is January 7th, 2021.
T&R develops, manufactures and supplies a wide range of branded over the counter medicines, dermatological solutions and other healthcare and hygiene products including Savlon®, Zoflora®, Hedrin® and Setlers® at its headquarters in Linthwaite.