Industry Roundup: Vitamin Shoppe, Walgreen/Rite Aid, BioPharmX
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FTC requests more from Walgreen, Rite Aid; SDC manufactures for Axxess; Human Roots expands online sales; and more news in brief.
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