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February 8, 2013

Sanofi: Rolaids will be relieving heartburn with its return to the market by the end of the year

During a quarterly conference call Thursday, Sanofi president global operations Hanspeter Spek noted that Sanofi's consumer arm Chattem will be relaunching the heartburn remedy Rolaids.

January 7, 2013

Chattem acquires Rolaids brand from McNeil

Sanofi announced that its U.S. Consumer Healthcare Division Chattem, completed the acquisition of the worldwide rights to the Rolaids brand from McNeil Consumer Healthcare for an undisclosed amount.

March 31, 2011

Report: Mutchler to lead McNeil

Johnson & Johnson on April 4 will install Pat Mutchler as head of the McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, according to a Wednesday evening Associated Press report.

January 14, 2011

McNeil issues recall at wholesaler level

In consultation with the Food and Drug Administration, McNeil Consumer Healthcare on Friday voluntarily recalled certain lots of Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis Pain and Tylenol upper respiratory products, as well as certain lots of Benadryl, Sudafed PE and Sinutab products at the wholesale level.

December 10, 2010

McNeil issues voluntary recall of Rolaids products

McNeil Consumer Healthcare on Thursday voluntarily recalled all lots of Rolaids Extra Strength Softchews, Rolaids Extra Strength Plus Gas Softchews and Rolaids Multisymptom Plus Antigas Softchews distributed in the United States. McNeil is taking this action following some consumer reports of foreign materials in the product, including metal and wood particles.

January 14, 2010

McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalls lots of several products

McNeil Consumer Healthcare on Friday announced a voluntary recall of certain lots of over-the-counter products...