More than 17% growth in consumer health product sales in latest quarter on top of adding TheraTears brands to its lineup at start of current quarter outweighs potential headwinds from costs and changes in consumer spending, Prestige Consumer executives say.

“We expect higher input costs and transportation costs to remain elevated for the rest of the year,” says CEO Matthew Farrell. Firms lowers full-year outlook for net sales growth from previous range of 5% to 6% to around 5%.

Trial with 214 adults with SARS-CoV-2 showed no significant difference among the treatment groups in number of days to symptom relief. Study didn’t measure zinc/vitamin C supplementation for shortening duration of colds.

April-June sales of OTC drugs, supplements and personal care products likely will show at least notable and potentially strong increases from year-ago period when consumers slowed spending after splurging during 2020 Q1 as novel coronavirus pandemic sent shockwaves through the marketplace.