Top 10 UK OTC Marketing Stories 2021: Switches And Digital Prove Popular

Despite the restrictions on daily life due to the pandemic, 2021 was still a great year for consumer health product marketing, with brands and their agencies devising innovative ways to reach UK consumers. Here we look at HBW Insight's top-10 most read UK marketing stories of 2021, revealing those launches, campaigns and trends which grabbed the attention of readers last year.

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Achieving tenth place on our list is Supra Enterprises and its successful relaunch of the Drapolene brand of antiseptic creams.

Shortly after gaining the rights to distribute Drapolene Cream in the UK, Supra repackaged the range – which includes 100g,...

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