Brief: Procter & Gamble’s Gillette Venus brand of razors and Kimberly-Clark’s Cottonelle brand of toilet paper recently activated campaigns on “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” the Nintendo social-simulation game that surged in popularity during pandemic lockdowns. Gillette Venus is promoting its Summer Skinclusive line in “Animal Crossing” with its “My Skin. […]
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Celltrion’s coronavirus drug shows promise in animal tests
TOKYO — South Korean drugmaker Celltrion has recorded positive preclinical results for its coronavirus treatment, the company announced on Monday. The pharmaceutical group said the experimental drug, which assessed efficacy in animals, demonstrated a 100-fold reduction in the viral load of COVID-19. Symptoms such as runny nose, cough and body aches […]
Animal Crossing ban foreshadows stricter Chinese gaming crackdown
TAIPEI — Nintendo’s wildly popular game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, has acquired many disguised identities in China since the government appeared to ban it in early April. Consumers have become creative in obtaining copies under the counter, referring to the game with codes like “muscular man collecting tree branches” or […]