Consumer

The Adcock Ingram Consumer division competes in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) space.

Source: ACNielsen – Defined market comprises the category, customers and channels for the segments in which we compete

OVERVIEW

The division provides products into the independents and pharmaceutical wholesale, corporate pharmacy and retail channels. It has leading brands in the following categories:

PERFORMANCE   MARKET TRENDS   STRATEGIC FOCUS   TOP TEN BRANDS

Analgesics
This category showed growth of 8.8% in value and 4.9% in volume. Both Panado and Compral grow ahead of the category in value and volume.

Cough, colds, flu and congestion
LCC continued to show strong growth (12.6%), well ahead of the market

Energy supplements
Bioplus continues to lead the single sachet/application market in FMCG

Bioplus is growing at 15%, ahead of the market, in FMCG and show good growth in its market share

Gut Health
Probiflora retains the market leader spot in this segment of the market in FMCG.

 
• Market growth driven by growing middle class and the global trend towards self-care as consumers are becoming more educated
• Growth driven by new product formats and a focus on the prevention and treatment of lifestyle diseases
• Consumer expectations for improved healthcare are increasing with access to digital information making them far more knowledgeable about their health
• Current pressures on the consumer are forcing trading down to smaller pack sizes or cheaper alternatives making pack and price offerings more important
• More regulated environment resulting in increased compliance costs
 
• Continued investment in marketing to protect and build the core brands
• Expand non-regulated product portfolio via innovation and acquisition
• Stock and demand management
• Regulatory compliance, specifically CAMs
 
• Panado
• Bioplus
• Probiflora
• Compral
• Cepacol
• GynaGuard
• ViralGuard
• Gummy Vites
• Codral
• ArthroGuard