China's top regulator grants approvals to a record number of novel drugs, including multiple oncology products from domestic companies, which are increasingly shifting to innovation, supported by positive regulatory changes over the past few years.

Vitamin Shoppe brings Jocko workout brand developed by a former Navy Seal to 690 stores and introduces in the US the European brand Women’s Best, which has a massive social media following.

One CBD launches as opioid alternative; EMEA drives Mannatech sales; VSI slumps in final quarter before sale; $3.2m financing for GoGenics; $8m technology investment in hundredInc.; and Butterfly buys Orgain majority stake.

As it prepares to be acquired, firm unveils first redesigned store in Edgewater, NJ, and plans five additional locations to open with a similar format through January. The "store is a great example of our ongoing transformation into an agile, customer-centric company," says CEO Sharon Leite.