02 Jul 2004
So pharma companies are now allowed to advertise OTC treatments?
The ban on advertising OTC drugs...), due to go OTC this month.
Sounds like very good news for PROs?
Yes. But the increased exposure ...
most manufacturers of branded OTC medicines, has created some guidelines. These include the idea that ads must be unambiguous and must make it clear when drugs need to be taken with clinical advice ...
01 May 1998
| by JOHN OWEN
of more knowledgeable consumers.
The new regulations will allow drugs companies to make greater use ...
of
drugs that have switched from being available on prescription only to
being sold over the counter ...
.
Drugs manufacturers have been pressing for an amended and simplified
code, fearing that they are being ...
11 Sep 2009
The new restrictions would mean that ads for drugs such as Nurofen Plus
would have to carry the warning: "Can cause addiction. For three days'
use only." In addition, ads will only be able to claim that the drugs
can relieve acute-to-moderate pain rather than assisting with coughs and
colds, while references ...
29 Aug 2007
| by Ed Kemp
it is planning to sell over the counter (OTC)....A result is expected at the end of next month. The erectile dysfunction drug, which was launched ...
making an application
to the EU to make Viagra available without a prescription. The drug is
advertised ...
. The UK campaign is
likely to consist of digital, press, in-store and direct marketing. Boots ran an OTC ...
29 Aug 2007
| by Ed Kemp
it is planning to sell over the counter (OTC)....A result is expected at the end of next month. The erectile dysfunction drug, which was launched ...
making an application to the EU to make Viagra available without a prescription. The drug is advertised ...
. The UK campaign is likely to consist of digital, press, in-store and direct marketing. Boots ran an OTC ...
12 Aug 2005
Boots put its over-the-counter drugs business on the auction block four months ago. What's new?...the OTC brands. How significant is this deal? Crookes Healthcare, a subsidiary of BHI, is one of the biggest OTC
suppliers in the UK and markets 130 OTC products worldwide. Why does Boots want to sell BHI ...
, with
issues such as price and product competition from supermarkets affecting
the OTC brands. Does the firm ...
27 Feb 1998
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
of
communications.
The association, which was set up as a self-regulatory body by drugs
manufacturers ...
-the-counter drugs.
The association already has a head of public affairs, Gopa Mitra, and
retains Grayling ...
manager Jessica
Isles last year. Williamson joined drugs company Pharmacia and Upjohn in
a marketing ...
11 Jun 2004
| by Joe Lepper,
and promotion of OTC and prescription drugs, has announced that regulations to remove the ban on consumer ...
prove a filip for advertising and PR agencies as drugs giants hunt for agencies to market their products ...
, the trade body for OTC medicines and food supplements.
A spokeswoman for the Proprietary Association GB ...
08 Jul 2005
| by Ian Hall
-and-baby and OTC portfolios...., meanwhile, is a medicine for the management of acute diarrhoea; Fuel will promote its recently gained OTC ...
-running investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over the supply of generic drugs to the NHS. Denying allegations ...
20 Feb 2004
Johnson & Johnson MSD is preparing for the UK’s biggest selling drug Zocor’s move from prescription...recommending the cholesterol-lowering drug and identifying high-risk cases for referral to doctors ...