CBD industry revving up again in 2021

2020 was a tough year for the CBD industry, with Covid causing disruptions to supply chains as well as lower footfall in bricks & mortar retailers, and these setbacks were reflected in greater hesitancy from CBD marketers in terms of NPD activity – according to our CHC New Products Tracker service – with launch activity in 2020 much lower compared to 2019. However, recent regulatory developments in Australia and Mexico, and the uptick in M&A activity in the CBD industry over recent weeks, suggest 2021 will see a revival in NPD activity and sales.

For example, Curaleaf, a leading US provider of consumer cannabis products, last week signed a definitive agreement to acquire EMMAC, the largest vertically-integrated independent cannabis company in Europe, for around US$286mn. Curaleaf Executive Chairman, Boris Jordan, commented: “[This acquisition] provides an advanced base to reach scale within the nascent European cannabis market and transform Curaleaf into a truly international cannabis consumer packaged goods company. The consumer and political liberalisation trends around cannabis that are sweeping USA are also increasingly taking hold in Europe … The European cannabis market has the potential to exceed the US cannabis market over the long-term and will help fuel our growth for years to come.”

In addition, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco last week subscribed for around 58.3mn common shares – a 19.9% equity interest – of Organigram, a leading licensed cannabis producer, for C$221mn (US$176mn). The companies have also entered into a Product Development Collaboration Agreement, under which a Centre of Excellence will be established to focus on developing the next generation of cannabis products, with an initial focus on CBD. “The cannabis industry is still in the nascent stages of product development. We believe that product innovation backed by core fundamental R&D is necessary to establish a long-term competitive advantage in the cannabis industry,” said Organigram Chief Strategic Officer Paolo De Luca.

Another M&A CBD development from last week was MediPharm, a research-driven global leader in cannabis extraction, entering into a GMP white-label supply and contract manufacturing agreement with Cannim. The company has also commenced registrations for the launch of next-generation OTC products in Australia in 2021. Under the 3-year agreement, with options to extend, MediPharm will supply a full range of specially-formulated CBD and THC cannabis oil products, sold initially under Cannim’s Lumir brand. MediPharm will also provide Cannim with contract manufacturing options.

Finally, a bill that would legalise the recreational use of cannabis was approved in Mexico’s lower house of Congress last week and will move to the Senate for final approval. The legislation would enable users aged 18+ years with a permit to carry up to 28g of cannabis and grow up to eight plants at home for personal use. President Andres Manuel Lopez has argued that the bill could help to curb Mexico’s violent and powerful drug cartels. John Walsh, Director of Drug Policy for the Washington Office on Latin America, a US advocacy group, said: “Mexico, given its size and its worldwide reputation for being damaged by the drug war, to take this step is enormously significant. North America is heading towards legalisation.” Canada and Uruguay are the only countries in the world to have legalised cannabis for recreational use. With its liberal switch environment, Mexico could be an early adopter of OTC cannabis, possibly the second or third market after Australia.

Discover who the main CBD players are, and how big the market could get in our recent report, CBD 2020: The 20 Most Important Questions about CBD in the Future of CHC. To find out more, or to order your copy, please contact melissa.lee@NicholasHall.com.

Does CBG offer hope against antimicrobial resistance?

According to a recent WHO press release, a lack of innovation in the development of new antibiotics, allied with declining private investment, is undermining efforts to combat drug-resistant infections. The breaking news from China of a sharp rise in diagnoses of an emergent strain of coronavirus, and new reported cases in Japan and Thailand, has raised fears of another outbreak similar to SARS in 2003, which infected more than 8,000 people and killed more than 700.

WHO has raised concerns about a weak pipeline for antibiotic agents, with 60 products in development (50 antibiotics and 10 biologics) that it deems bring little benefit over existing treatments and very few that target the most critical resistant bacteria (Gram-negative bacteria). However, some positive news came from an unlikely quarter over the weekend – an as yet unpublished study that found that CBG (cannabigerol) cured mice of MRSA infections as effectively as vancomycin, a drug widely considered to be the last line of defence against drug-resistant microbes.

One of our recent blogs looked at the potential of a new emerging class of cannabinoids beyond CBD – including CBG, CBN (cannabinol) and CBC (cannabichromene) – and this new study boosts the attractiveness of the cannabinoid industry even further. Eric Brown, the microbiologist who led the research at McMaster University said cannabinoids were “clearly great drug-like compounds”, but noted it was early days in assessing the compounds for use in the clinic.

Brown found that CBG and other cannabinoids did not work well against gram negative multi-drug resistant bugs. However, the study shows that when CBG is used along with small quantities of polymyxin B, an existing antibiotic that targets “the cytoplasmic membrane of Gram-positive bacteria”, the cannabis compound wiped out the drug-resistant pathogens. “We are now pursuing the required paperwork to work with a wide variety of cannabinoids,” Brown said.

What is the current regulatory status of CBD in global markets? Find out in Nicholas Hall’s upcoming report, CBD 2020: The 20 Most Important Questions about CBD in the Future of CHC! You can also read about the main challenges faced by CBD players, the current and forecast size of the market, and much more! Pre-order your copy before 30 January to save with the pre-publication discounted rate! To find out more, or purchase your copy, please contact melissa.lee@NicholasHall.com.

Gottlieb calls for action on “CBD craze”

In an opinion piece for the Washington Post entitled, “The CBD craze is getting out of hand. The FDA needs to act“, former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb described many of cannabidiol’s purported benefits, from cancer to depression treatment, as “fanciful” and said the FDA must act now to ensure “commercial interests don’t strip away any legitimate value the compound might have.”

Pointing to the potential risks of CBD use (i.e. damage to the liver at high doses), and the misperception that the 2018 US farm bill “legalised” CBD, Gottlieb suggests the best way forward is a legal pathway based on an “efficient regulatory process and sound science”. Recently, the FDA sent a warning letter to Curaleaf about “unsubstantiated” claims on its website and social media accounts linking CBD with cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc.

In response to Gottlieb’s opinion piece, Steve Mister, President & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), said his organisation aligned with the FDA on the need to establish a “clear and legal pathway forward”, but said that CBD’s status as a dietary supplement does not necessitate legislation, nor a “multiyear process requiring FDA to gather safety data on CBD”.

In an article for Whole Foods Magazine, Mister is quoted as saying that the “FDA has the authority to make cannabidiol a supplement under DSHEA [The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994], even though it’s already been studied as a drug.” Mister envisages a future in which CBD can be sold as both a drug and a supplement, and that is certainly how Nicholas Hall also sees the market evolving in his newly published New Paradigms report.

CBD is one of the topics in our new report, Nicholas Hall’s New Paradigms for CHC 2019: Over the Horizon, personally written by Nicholas himself! Focusing on a wide range of major issues surrounding the CHC Market, including Innovation, Distribution, Digital Engagement, Competition and much more, this is an essential read for all players striving to compete in this evolving marketplace. In addition to this, you can upgrade your purchase to include a customised in-house presentation or webinar with Nicholas. To find out more or to place your order, please contact melissa.lee@NicholasHall.com.

Tracker hits 20,000 innovations

Our sister product OTC New Products Tracker has hit a significant milestone – 20,000 innovations added to a database that tracks consumer healthcare launch activity all the way back to the start of 2013, across 20 key markets. In this week’s blog, we look back at some of the highest-ranked innovations added to the archive over the past year.

A recent 4-star innovation is medical device Flow from Flow Neuroscience, a first of its kind home treatment on the European market. Positioned as a non-medicated alternative treatment for depression, the medical device comprises a brain stimulation headset and a therapy app. While stimulation is in use, the app acts as a virtual therapist that the user can interact with. Available in the UK since summer 2019, Flow retails for £399.

Adjacent OTC categories have been fuelling the fire of consumer healthcare innovation in recent years, with medical cannabis / CBD and probiotics two of the most active categories in terms of launch activity. US marketer CBDfx is arguably the most pioneering innovator among the new wave of medical cannabis companies, launching several new delivery formats over the past two years, including vaping pens (January 2018), “chill shot” drinks for anxiety (March 2019), sublingual hemp strips (April 2019) and acne face masks (June 2019).

Like CBD, probiotics have also enjoyed high levels of innovation in terms of delivery formats and positioning. Two examples of probiotics targeting a new consumer healthcare niche include Elebiotic, a recent Recordati launch in Spain positioned to manage recurrent acute otitis media in infants, and Khan’s Morning, a probiotic launched in South Korea in early 2019 that is claimed to help break down the alcohol and acetaldehyde that causes hangovers.

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AESGP and CHPA looking for way forward on CBD

One of the Infinity Zones presented by Nicholas Hall at the 30th European CHC Conference in Vienna, medical cannabis has arguably the most potential to transform the consumer healthcare market. However, as Nicholas conceded, the science still has a long way to go and the regulatory path forward remains uncertain.

Nicholas sees the medical cannabis category eventually subdividing into five key segments: 1. Rx (already in existence), 2. Rx-to-OTC switches (expected after 2023), 3. VMS & topicals (2019 is a pivotal year for CBD in the US with CVS and Walgreens putting these supplements on sale), 4. CBD for beauty & food, and 5. Lifestyle Marijuana. 

Reporting back from last week’s AESGP meeting in Geneva, our INSIGHT Europe Editor Sarah Carter said: “Touching on CBD, delegates were in agreement with the myriad benefits and the huge growth potential of the market, but less clear on where we stand in terms of regulations.” 

Nicholas Hall wrote: Reading Sarah’s notes, I was interested to hear that Scott Melville made the comment, “Our industry knows how to take products from Rx to OTC, but not how to take something from illegal to legal.” Scott is President & CEO of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association in USA, and this idea was first raised in a leadership panel Scott asked me to moderate at the CHPA meeting in March, but it took me some weeks to really understand what was being said. Yes, we know how to make switches; unfortunately, there aren’t any! 2018 was the first year in living memory when new switches added nothing significant to CHC revenues in USA, the home of Switch.

On the other hand, CBD is being legitimised all over the world, including in about half of US states, and all the major drugstore chains have started pilot programmes to sell hemp and other CBD products where it is already legal. Medical cannabis is an express train that is gathering speed every day, with US$11bn of annual sales likely to be added to the global CHC market in the next decade. And that was last month’s forecast – I’m sure we would increase that number if we started afresh. Our industry dare not be left behind.

Medical cannabis will be one of the key topics in our upcoming report, Nicholas Hall’s New Paradigms for CHC 2019: Over the Horizon, written by Nicholas himself! Examine each aspect of the CHC industry in 20 chapters, with a focus on major issues including Regulation, Pharmacy Point-of-Care, M&A, Switch and much more. Nicholas will also unveil the “infinity zones” he has identified as being crucial to the future growth of the industry. In addition to this, you can upgrade your purchase to include a customised in-house presentation or webinar with Nicholas for an additional GB£10,000. To find out more or to place your order, please contact melissa.lee@NicholasHall.com.

10 Infinity Zones for future CHC growth

Nicholas Hall’s New Paradigms for CHC report, due to be published later this year, outlines 10 Infinity Zones for future consumer healthcare growth, which were shared as an exclusive preview with delegates at our recent Vienna conference. Below we outline these Infinity Zones to OTC DASHBOARD subscribers, with a short description of each.

1. Prevention: A long-term theme in the CHC industry which is now taking root. Nicholas Hall presented a slide of the fastest-growing OTC subcategories by CAGR (2014-18), comparing those focused on prevention with those centred around treatment, and this showed that seven of the Top 10 most dynamic subcategories had a preventative focus.

2. Probiotics: One of these Top 10 fastest-growing subcategories was probiotics, an area of the global consumer healthcare market that has moved from adjacency into the mainstream. In the 2014-18 period, probiotics delivered more value growth (in €mn terms) than established subcategories like systemic analgesics and sore throat remedies.

3. Food Intolerance: Changing diets across the globe are causing a huge increase in food intolerance issues. Nicholas Hall is planning to provide an estimate of the size of this emerging category in his New Paradigms report, but for now he emphasised to delegates the opportunities that OTC marketers have here, notably in terms of cross-branding.

4. Natural & Organic: Like prevention, this is not a new trend in consumer healthcare, but instead one that is increasingly on the radar of major multinationals. A recent example here is J&J’s acquisition of the Zarbee’s Naturals line of OTC products.

5. Cannabis: Nicholas Hall outlined the huge investment already being seen in this fast-growing market, especially in key countries like Australia, and outlined how the future CBD market could be split into five categories, including Rx, OTC medical cannabis via Rx-to-OTC switch, VMS & topicals, beauty & food and lifestyle marijuana.

6. Sexual Health: Nicholas Hall said that, while Bayer has made it clear that erectile dysfunction treatment Levitra will not switch, we’ve already seen the Rx-to-OTC reclassification of Viagra Connect in the UK market and it’s possible that Sanofi’s Cialis could soon follow once the company has navigated the necessary regulatory hurdles.

7. E-commerce: This year DB6 has introduced an “all channels” version of the dataset, showing that total OTC sales through all channels were worth US$174bn in 2018, of which store-based sales account for 78%, with direct sales (MLM) generating 14%. Internet & mail order currently accounts for 9% of the “all channel” universe, with sales dominated heavily by VMS supplements in China and USA. However, this channel has seen a CAGR of 20% since 2014 and will continue to increase dramatically in importance.

8. Pharmacy: Nicholas Hall also emphasised the continuing importance of bricks & mortar retailers to consumer healthcare, with Pharmacy Point-of-Care still the driving force behind recommendations and purchases of key OTC brands.

9. Big Data: The Big 5 tech companies are now dominating healthcare information, and while there are concerns about privacy, Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that his company’s “greatest contribution to mankind” will be within the sphere of healthcare.

10. Emerging Markets: Nicholas Hall said that Emerging Markets now account for a 55% share of global OTC sales (in the retail channel). Recent figures from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook forecast that developing economies will continue to outpace advanced economies.

Take a look at what the future holds for the CHC industry in our upcoming Signature report, Nicholas Hall’s New Paradigms for CHC 2019: Over the Horizon, written by Nicholas himself. The report will take a look at major issues including innovation, future competition, emerging categories and markets and M&A. You also have the option to upgrade your purchase to include a customised in-house presentation or webinar with Nicholas. To find out more or to place your order, please contact melissa.lee@NicholasHall.com.

CBD rollout gathers pace

2019 looks to be the “breakout year” for US cannabidiol-based products. Changing legislation – hemp’s removal from the Controlled Substances Act in December 2018 – along with growing retailer support, marketer innovation and high consumer demand have combined to make CBD the hottest property in the consumer healthcare market. CVS Pharmacy has announced plans to sell topical CBD products such as creams, sprays, roll-ons and salves in 800 selected stores across eight US states, including Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee.

More recently, Walgreens announced it was following suit, with plans to sell CBD creams, sprays and patches in almost 1,500 stores across nine states – Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, South Carolina, Illinois and Indiana. “This is in line with our efforts to provide a wider range of accessible health & wellbeing products and services to best meet the needs and preferences of our customers”, said a Walgreens spokesman. Between CVS and Walgreens, CBD-infused topical products will be sold in at least 12 US states, including five where both retailers will be active – see our map below.

Regulatory uncertainty is still an issue though, with the FDA insisting that marketers should not add CBD to food or sell it as a dietary supplement. The American Herbal Products Association has adopted a new Guidance Policy for dietary supplement and food products that contain hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiols to help ensure the industry complies with existing regulations. The policy was developed to encourage industry to be mindful of the federal regulations that apply to these product categories, notwithstanding the FDA’s ongoing review of the status of CBD and potential pathways for its lawful addition to food and dietary supplements.

This uncertainty isn’t completely holding back the market, however, with SPINS data showing that CBD functional ingredient sales in the US natural channel grew to US$40.4mn in the 52 weeks ending 4th November 2018, up from just US$1.2mn two years previously. Given that CBD is now moving out of the natural channel into mainstream retail, the potential for CBD is huge, with the Brightfield Group estimating the US market could be worth US$22bn by 2022.

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CHPA Report & Conference

Last week, to tie in with its Annual Executive Conference (AEC), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association released a white paper that found, on average, every dollar spent on OTC medicines saves the US healthcare system around US$7.20, resulting in nearly US$146bn in savings annually. CHPA President & CEO Scott Melville commented that the “healthcare system undervalues the contribution of our industry’s products”, and explained that the research will support legislative initiatives promoting financial incentives for consumers to buy OTCs using health insurance flexible spending plans.

Done in partnership with IRI, the study was conducted in part to raise the profile of OTC products in USA. It found that around 90% of people who buy an OTC product for a condition would seek medical care if the OTC product had not been available. The study analysed nine OTC categories to identify the primary contributors of cost savings to the healthcare system. The categories include allergy, analgesics, antifungals, cough / cold / flu, lower GI, medicated skin, upper GI, sleep and smoking control. The research showed that OTC medicines provide additional value through expanded access to more than 27mn consumers who would otherwise forgo treatment – more than 13mn Americans for allergies alone.

Writing from Florida, Nicholas Hall said: “Trust was a major theme of CHPA’s Annual Executive Conference … Edelman presented data showing that consumer trust of healthcare is improving after plummeting last year. Speakers agreed that trust goes beyond building brands. In a session I moderated on Tuesday, Bayer CH President Heiko Schipper said that our industry needs to, “articulate better what we do. We are doing a lot of good things like being responsible for the environment and employee diversity”.

Taisho Executive VP Ken Uehara agreed: “Trust can’t be built instantly, certainly for our company, it’s our most important asset.” Alan Main, Executive VP, Sanofi, commented that in the past it was about building the brand: “I still think the brand comes first in people’s minds, but we have to look after the brands, not just for five years but for 30-40 years.” Katie Devine, who is moving into a new leadership role at J&J, said companies can choose not to reply to every tweet, but should maintain a fact-based conversation about being responsible in the treatment of employees, the population and planet.

Other questions I addressed to the Leadership Panel concerned the lack of Rx-to-OTC switch (Alan Main said switch has an important role to play in the future of self-care); CBD (all panellists believe it will develop well beyond the current US$500mn quoted by IRI, although Katie’s point, “I know how to switch from Rx to OTC, but not from illegal to legal”, was well taken); and the number one item on their wish list — speed to market and improved innovation were favourites … I liked the concentrated format of this year’s AEC, with two half-day sessions, which allowed time for networking, and was proud to have been one of three Preferred Sponsors of the meeting, in the good company of Google and the Emerson Group.”

Nicholas Hall will discuss the latest Market Trends and Innovation impacting the CHC market at our annual North American CHC Conference (26-27 June) in collaboration with our partners EverythingHealth. As well as the chance to network with other industry players, you can hear from Google, Jefferson Health, Persuadable Research and other industry experts. Don’t hesitate — book before 31 March to save with our generous early-bird booking discount! To find out more about this event, please contact elizabeth.bernos@NicholasHall.com.

Medical cannabis diversification

In terms of number of innovations by OTC subcategory, medical cannabis moved into the Top 20 in 2018 according to OTC New Products Tracker, with 86 new product developments. Europe and North America have been driving the trend in terms of high-quality innovations, from Swiss Cannabis Gum in Switzerland to PharmaCare’s Naturopathica lozenges in the UK and Foria Basics Suppositories in the USA.

As well as an ever-growing diversity of delivery formats, another characteristic of the emerging medical cannabis category is the increasing width of positioning. This is exemplified by a new range of hemp-based hair & body care products launched by HempMeds. Distributed by Naturewell in the US market, the personal care line is composed of 4 products – shampoo, conditioner, body wash and body lotion – all formulated with CBD oil (derived from hemp) and natural extracts such as argan and goji berry (shampoo), argan and green tea (conditioner), peppermint and liquorice root (body wash) and jojoba oil and almond oil (body lotion). 

Available now to buy online, this new range was just recently showcased at the Natural Products Expo West in California, where HempMeds President Todd Morrow said that design and development of the line was “focused on consideration of women in particular”.

According to a recent report by Eaze, the number of US women buying cannabis products almost doubled in 2018, up 92%, and women now make up 38% of all US cannabis consumers. This report shows that not only is the medical cannabis product mix diversifying in terms of format and positioning, but the consumer base is also widening too, with more women and older people now entering the market.

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High on innovation, but CBD faces regulatory uncertainty

Various Nicholas Hall publications, notably OTC.NewDirections and OTC New Products Tracker, provide in-depth coverage of medical cannabis developments owing to the category’s huge potential to boost future consumer healthcare growth. High levels of innovation, both in terms of positioning and delivery format (like those detailed below), continue to characterise the category, but recent regulatory moves by the WHO and EU mean that the status of CBD supplements remains far from settled.

Looking at delivery format innovations, recent developments include a new mouth spray in the UK (Natures Aid CBD Oil Spray from Thornton & Ross / Stada) and a new nasal spray in the USA (Rhinodol from New Leaf Pharmaceuticals). The latter claims to deliver the highest concentrations of medical CBD at an affordable cost (US$69.99). According to New Leaf, the oral administrative route provides the lowest bioavailability, owing to the digestive processes that occur when CBDs enter the blood stream (a significant amount of CBD goes into the liver and is broken down into unusable compounds).

Screenshot from New Leaf Pharma’s website

Meanwhile, attitudes to CBD and cannabis are changing at a regulatory level. According to news sources, a leaked World Health Organisation internal letter to the UN Secretary-General recommends that whole-flower cannabis and its resins should be removed from Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), the most restrictive international drug category. Cannabis scheduling was discussed at the Expert Committee of Drug Dependence 41st meeting in November 2018 but the discussions have not been published. The letter also clarified that cannabidiol should not be scheduled within the International Drug Control Conventions, while tinctures and extracts of cannabis should also be deleted from Schedule I. WHO recommendations will be voted on by the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which could take place in March 2019.

In Europe, marketers of CBD supplements are facing new regulatory hurdles. The European Food Safety Authority has amended the entry for cannabinoids on the Novel Foods register, which now states: “Extracts of Cannabis sativa L. and derived products containing cannabinoids are considered novel foods as a history of consumption has not been demonstrated. This applies to both the extracts themselves and any products to which they are added as an ingredient (such as hemp seed oil). This also applies to extracts of other plants containing cannabinoids. Synthetically-obtained cannabinoids are considered as novel.”

This means that CBD supplements are now classed as a novel food in Europe and manufacturers face the prospect of having to take their products off the market while they apply for approved novel food status, which can take around a year. In December 2018, Austria banned the sale of CBD extracts, stating that the ingredients fall under the EU’s Novel Foods regulations and cannot be marketed without authorisation.

Join Nicholas Hall at our upcoming New Jersey meeting, hosted with our partners Everything Health. Based on the theme, Innovate, Digitize, Integrate, the meeting takes place on 26-27 June, with representatives from Perrigo, MarketHub, Google and many others, joining us to discuss and debate topics including:

• Market Trends and Innovation
• Key Developments in the Cannabis Market
• Connected Health
• Consumer Insights using Artificial Intelligence