Australia
In Australia Valeant is focused on providing better healthcare for all Australians. We continue to build our presence in the Consumer market through the acquisitions of well-respected brands in Australia. We do this with an ever increasing range of known and trusted brands in several categories including consumer skincare & cosmetics, dermatology and cough and cold market segments. Our known and trusted brands like Dermaveen®, Dermadrate® Dry Skin Treatment, Dermatix® amd Pevaryl® are only sold through pharmacy, while our legacy brand, Nyal® has been helping Australians to better health for almost 100 years. Others like UV Tripleguard® and Reef are well known and loved by Australians. Valeant also has a core and growing ethical pharmaceutical business with products such as Efudix and Retrieve.
Valeant Australia has transformed from a very small business into one that is robust and growing. It has tripled in size in the last two years and has been transformed from one dependent on the highly seasonal and unreliable cough cold market to one focused primarily on consumer skincare and dermatology. This has been accomplished through the successful integration of the several new acquisitions which have brought many iconic Australian skincare brands such as Dermaveen, Dr. Lewinns, Revitanail and Invisible Zinc to Valeant.
In November 2010, Valeant acquired well-established local brands such as Hamilton's Suncare and Hamilton's Skin Therapy, which are ranked #2 in suncare in the Australian pharmacy market. These leading skin care brands nicely augment Valeant's current suncare product portfolio and expands our presence in the skincare market. The brands we acquired through our previous transactions have continued to perform well and have enhanced our portfolio and provided synergies to our growing pharmacy OTC platform.
These acquisitions have transformed Valeant into a leader in both skincare and sun care, particularly in the important pharmacy segment in Australia. By the end of the first quarter of 2011, Valeant was the #2 company in pharmacy skin care and suncare. We continue to build on this leadership position with new acquisitions such as Ganehill which brought us the leading premium Zinc Oxide based natural sun care line, Invisible Zinc, in the first quarter of 2011.
Beyond the success of the brands Valeant has acquired, Australia is fast becoming a source of innovation for our consumer dermatology businesses not only in Australia itself, but also in other parts of the world. A good example is the evolution of Dr. Lewinns, an iconic Australian pharmacy skincare brand acquired through the acquisition of Private Formula International in 2009. This brand has been launched in the first quarter of 2011 as Dr. Lewinn's Synergise in the Australian Grocery channel and as Dr. Lewinn by Kinerase in the US in the retail drug stores channel, initially at Walmart, Walgreens and Duane Reade.
For information about Valeant's Consumer Brands, please visit the individual product Pages.
Dermaveen®
Dermadrate®
DrLewinns
Hamilton Skin Therapy
Hamilton's Sun Care
Invisible Zinc
Nyal®
Dermatix™
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Other Consumer and Prescription only Products
Please visit www.valeant.com.au for information on other brands available in Australia.