Acne treatments

Chain Drug Review, Jan 5, 2009

Acne treatments

                                     % change                % change
                                       vs.                     vs.
Trade class           Dollar sales   year ago   Unit sales   year ago

TOTAL MASS
  MARKET ([dagger])   $362,059,400     1.69%    60,258,240    -0.65%
DRUG STORES           $164,638,300     0.86%    25,182,960    -0.63%
SUPERMARKETS          $105,413,400    -1.42%    18,642,170    -4.26%

Best-sellers in drug stores

                                                         Dollar
Brand                            Manufacturer            sales

Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash    Neutrogena            $12,198,000
University Medical AcneFree      University Medical    $11,721,800
Clearasil Ultra                  Reckitt-Benckiser     $10,417,970
Oxy                              Mentholatum            $7,190,156
Neutrogena Acne Stress Control   Neutrogena             $6,490,990
Clean & Clear Advantage          Johnson & Johnson      $5,992,450
Neutrogena Advanced Solutions    Neutrogena             $5,781,182
Aveeno Clear Complexion          Johnson & Johnson      $5,644,282
Neutrogena Rapid Clear           Neutrogena             $5,426,303
Clearasil                        Reckitt-Benckiser      $5,358,785

                                  Dollar              Dollar
                                  share     Dollar    share
Brand                            % change   share    % change

Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash       6.37%    7.41%      0.38%
University Medical AcneFree       -11.35%    7.12%     -0.98%
Clearasil Ultra                    -3.82%    6.33%     -0.31%
Oxy                                19.74%    4.37%      0.69%
Neutrogena Acne Stress Control     65.75%    3.94%      1.54%
Clean & Clear Advantage           154.01%    3.64%      2.19%
Neutrogena Advanced Solutions      18.82%    3.51%      0.53%
Aveeno Clear Complexion           -12.37%    3.43%     -0.52%
Neutrogena Rapid Clear             -4.45%    3.30%     -0.18%
Clearasil                         -15.11%    3.25%      0.61%

                                               Unit
                                   Unit        share
Brand                              sales     % change

Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash    1,865,768      -0.16%
University Medical AcneFree        820,528     -10.00%
Clearasil Ultra                  1,193,133      -4.36%
Oxy                              1,317,237      21.23%
Neutrogena Acne Stress Control     856,586      57.77%
Clean & Clear Advantage            403,223      90.72%
Neutrogena Advanced Solutions      282,193      14.19%
Aveeno Clear Complexion            818,208     -10.12%
Neutrogena Rapid Clear             689,350     -11.42%
Clearasil                        1,068,102      -8.98%

                                            Unit
                                  Unit     share
Brand                            share    % change

Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash     7.41%      0.03%
University Medical AcneFree       3.26%     -0.34%
Clearasil Ultra                   4.74%     -0.18%
Oxy                               5.23%      0.94%
Neutrogena Acne Stress Control    3.40%      1.26%
Clean & Clear Advantage           1.60%      0.77%
Neutrogena Advanced Solutions     1.12%      0.15%
Aveeno Clear Complexion           3.25%     -0.34%
Neutrogena Rapid Clear            2.74%     -0.33%
Clearasil                         4.24%     -0.39%

* Private label brands account for 5.37% of dollar sales
and 8.64% of unit sales.