At-home fertility-related hormone test developer Proov sells equity stake to entertainers and expectant parents Ashanti and Nelly; sexual and vaginal health product firm Good Clean Love moves from its founder as leader to a consumer health industry executive.

CRDMO CXOs sketch a promising landscape for the Indian industry, highlighting technology, scale and talent, particularly millennials and Gen Z, as key factors in a SWOT analysis - while cautioning that a global ‘China plus one’ strategy could turn to a ‘India plus one’ too.

Private Company Edition: Lilly will open a third accelerator, this time in San Diego, and Fosun partnered with Treehill to help later-stage firms get over the finish line. Also, Flagship – after recent UK investments – signals its next fund will total $3bn. ArrivoBio and Alto Neuroscience raised $45m each.

Beauty and consumer health care weren’t among the the consumer packaged goods categories showing private label market-share growth during April-June period. Consumer health industry executives see more spending on private label in some categories but without affecting their results.