Last week, Watsons, Asia’s No. 1 Pharmacy brand, launches the Buy Generics and Save advocacy. Starting June, Watsons will bring together all of their generics medicine offer through a very visible counter, the Buy Generics Counter:
This section at Watsons will help consumers determine the generics counterpart of their branded medicine. The counter will carry the Watsons Compliance Packs (for chronic and acute diseases), Watsons Health Packs (for common ailments like headache, stomach ace, allergy, etc) and a wide range of generic products only from trusted manufacturers like Unilab, Ritemed, Pharex and others.
During the launch, Aida Lapez, Watsons Trade Control Unit, said that the Generics medicines being offered at Watson is still part of Watson’s advocacy in giving health solution that’s affordable and of good health quality. She also discussed the criteria to determine if a generic product can be trusted or not:
- Manufactured by a trusted pharmaceutical company
- FDA approved
- Sold by a reputable pharmacy retailer
Aside from the launching of Watsons’ Buy Generics and Save advocacy, Watsons also introduced their newest offering: NOW Foods.
NOW Foods is one of the top-selling health food brands in the U.S.A. It offers a wide range of health supplements that uses natural ingredients. The launching of NOW Foods here in the Philippines includes introduction of the first ever NOW Foods Filipino Ambassadors:
Model and vegetarian Isabel Roces; Erwan Heussaff, celebrity foodie and health buff; Sam YG, popular DJ and TV host; and Melanie Siy Tan, a full-time mom and yoga instructor. As the NOW Foods product range caters to all lifestyles, the ambassadors hail from diverse backgrounds, but are united by their exemplification of healthy living and their unique drive to live life with passion. Most importantly, Erwan, Isabel, Melanie and Sam have personally experienced and have benefitted from NOW Foods supplements. As role models of holistic well-being, they are living their passion fully, thanks to good health and nutrition.
To find out more about NOW Foods and updates from NOW Foods’ Filipino Brand Ambassadors, please visit http://www.nowfoods.com or “like” NOW Foods on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NowFoodsPH).
