A round-up of the latest appointments in Europe's consumer health industry: Dr Reddy's hires UK head; Mayoly names CEE lead; NèreS adds director.

Control of Sanofi Consumer Healthcare – recently rebranded as Opella – may soon pass to US private-equity firm CD&R but the French firm looks set to retain a substantial stake in a business which has some big Rx-to-OTC switches in the pipeline.

A leading provider of over-the-counter health and wellbeing products in the DACH region will be created through the merger of Merz Lifecare and Windstar Medical.

Monaco-based Sérélys markets pollen-based supplements for a range of women's health issues, including premenstrual syndrome, postpartum discomfort and menopause.

Leadership changes at Norgine, IPHA and Orifarm feature in this week's round-up of European consumer health people news.

Food Standards Agency tells companies marketing caffeine supplements, “It is your responsibility to ensure food supplements you sell are safe for human consumption.”