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April 29, 2013
J&J chairman pledges to restore U.S. OTC business, outlines growth opportunities overseas

Johnson & Johnson chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky last week told shareholders that its consumer healthcare business would reclaim its prominence in the U.S. marketplace at the company's annual shareholder meeting. But OTC growth will be greatest outside of the United States.

April 1, 2013
GSK Consumer Healthcare commends FDA nicotine replacement therapy proposals

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare today commended the proposals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the administration announced recommendations to remove certain warning statements and modifications of the instructions for use of nicotine replacement therapy products.

February 4, 2013
Perrigo: Already-strong private label growth will get additional boost from Rx-to-OTC switch

Perrigo chairman, CEO and president Joe Papa shared with analysts that private label OTCs are trending strong and that growth will be sustained going forward with the number of projected Rx-to-OTCs on the horizon.

January 22, 2013
Perrigo launches private label equivalent to Nicorette mini lozenge

Perrigo announced that it has begun shipments of over-the-counter nicotine polacrilex mini lozenge USP, 2 mg (mint flavor) and 4 mg (mint flavor), comparable to GlaxoSmithKline's Nicorette mini lozenge.

October 10, 2012
Perrigo launches store-brand nicotine mini lozenges

Perrigo on Wednesday announced that it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its abbreviated new drug applications to market over-the-counter nicotine polacrilex mini lozenge USP in both 2-mg and 4-mg strengths.

January 25, 2012
McNeil Consumer to make marketing splash as OTC brands return to market

Johnson & Johnson is preparing to turn the corner with its McNeil Consumer Healthcare business, J&J chairman and CEO William Weldon told analysts during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday.

December 29, 2011
Sam's Club unveils New Year's resolutions-based health screenings program

To help its members keep their New Year's resolutions, including weight loss, eating better and quitting smoking, Sam's Club will offer a variety of free in-club health screenings and smoking-cessation consultations.

July 22, 2011
Perrigo to market store-brand smoking-cessation gum

Perrigo on Thursday announced that it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market a cinnamon-flavored, over-the-counter coated nicotine polacrilex gum USP in 2-mg and 4-mg strengths.

April 15, 2011
Despite divestment, expect innovation for brands GSK holds on to

Duh, winning! Because there are no losers in this. GlaxoSmithKline will be able to funnel its extensive marketing dollars into a stable of poised-to-explode brands, niche marketers can take those brands being sold and breathe fresh marketing life into them and retailers now benefit most of all because a greater portfolio of brands are being marketed with gusto.

January 5, 2011
Cessation shelf is smokin’

PITTSBURGH — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration last year initiated programs that will breathe new life into sales of smoking-cessation products. The surgeon general issued a report titled “How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease,” and the FDA will be mandating that tobacco manufacturers have smoking-is-bad-for-you messages on packaging. 


October 27, 2010
GSK Consumer Healthcare applauds FDA's workshop on NRT products

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare on Thursday commended the Food and Drug Administration for holding a scientific...

September 27, 2010
GSK Consumer Healthcare to FDA: Smoke out smokeless tobacco products

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare is urging the Food and Drug Administration to remove smokeless tobacco products...

August 25, 2010
GlaxoSmithKline introduces ‘Nicorette Makes Quitting Suck Less’ ad campaign

To help raise awareness around Commit Lozenge, which has been folded into the Nicorette franchise,...

June 6, 2010
Smoking hot minis

GlaxoSmithKline in April announced the launch of its new Nicorette Mini Lozenge, a smaller smoking...

May 16, 2010
Suppliers abuzz at Annual

The atmosphere this year at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Annual Meeting was...

April 26, 2010
GSK takes smoking cessation to a new level with mini lozenge

GlaxoSmithKline announced Tuesday the launch of its new Nicorette Mini Lozenge, a smaller smoking-cessation lozenge...

December 13, 2009
New Nicorette ads underscore process of kicking the habit

GlaxoSmithKline’s “Nicorette makes quitting suck less” campaign is a smart play that ought to continue...

July 5, 2009
Kicking the habit with Nicorette

First, it’s the first truly “new” product to enter the smoking cessation space in...

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