Personal Products Company Names Lyn S. Soloway Product Director of Professional Oral Care

June 10, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Health News
Skillman, NJ – June 10, 2006 – Personal Products Company announced today that it has named Lyn S. Soloway Product Director, Professional Oral Care. Personal Products Company’s Professional Oral Care business is targeted at dental professionals who include dentists, hygienists and dental assistants.

In this position, Ms. Soloway will be responsible for the strategic and tactical leadership of the Professional Oral Care Franchise, which includes REACH® Toothbrushes, Johnson & Johnson REACH® Dental Floss, ACT® Rinse and the REACH® ACCESS® Daily Flosser. She will also be responsible for integrating and establishing a marketing plan for the professional line of REMBRANDT® whitening products.

Previously, Ms. Soloway was the Senior Product Manager at OraPharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company owned by Personal Products Company’s parent, Johnson & Johnson that discovers, develops and commercializes therapeutics for oral health. During her tenure at OraPharma, she was part of the marketing team responsible for developing strategies and initiatives for increasing the awareness of periodontal disease as well as standardizing the use of locally administered antibiotics such as ARESTIN® (minocycline hydrochloride) Microspheres, 1 mg, as part of an effective periodontal disease treatment protocol.

“We are very pleased to keep proven talent such as Ms. Soloway within the Johnson & Johnson family of companies,” said Caitlin Pappas, Vice President, Professional Sales and Marketing. “She will be instrumental in making Johnson & Johnson Oral Health Products the leading oral healthcare company among dental professionals and taking the REMBRANDT® Brand to the next level.”

Soloway resides in Doylestown, PA and is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where she has earned multiple degrees, including an MBA with a concentration on New Ventures and Entrepreneurial Studies and a BS in Health Policy and Administration.

Personal Products Company, a division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., develops, produces and markets innovative oral health, women's health and sanitary protection products. It is a leader in the fast-growing oral health market with a full line of floss, rinse and toothbrush products, marketed under the REACH® brand, as well as ARESTIN® (minocycline HCl) 1 mg Microspheres, which is a treatment for periodontal disease.

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