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Donald Kay Riker, Ph.D. is President & Founder, On Point Advisors, LLC [www.onpointadvisors.com], a consumer healthcare consultancy he founded in 2007 and Editor-in-Chief, OTC Product News [www.otcproductnews.com]. Dr. Riker was a fellow at New York’s prestigious Rockefeller University,... More
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  • P&G Recalls Lots of Vicks Sinex; HABA Product Failures Now Commonplace
    P&G's 2009 record of quality assurance failures continues with the recall of lots of Vicks Sinex nasal spray, specifically Sinex Vapospray Ultrafine Mist in the US. OTC Product News identified this as a recurring problem in April, 2009. 

    Read the full story at:  www.otcproductnews.com


    Tags: PG, Vicks, Sinex, recall
    Nov 20 01:11 pm | Link | Comment!
  • The Peculiar Case of the Vanishing Letter [PG, Nyquil]
    FDA posted a warning letter on its site on Oct 14 addressed to P&G stating that the combination of drugs and Vitamin C in Nyquil/Dayquil is mislabeled. Then the letter was mysteriously withdrawn. Why a completed "draft" exists is the real question.
     
    Read full story at:  www.otcproductnews.com
     

    Tags: PG, Nyquil, Bayer, Dayquil, colds
    Oct 19 10:38 pm | Link | Comment!
  • Zinc in Denture Cremes; Another P&G Product Tainted... Zicam, Patches and FDA [GSK,PG,MTXX]
    Lawyers filed suit against Poligrip (Glaxo, GSK) and Fixodent (P&G, PG) denture adhesives alleging that zinc salts in their formulae caused serious neurological deficits. The logic has merit and may affect other OTC products and how they are regulated by FDA...

    Read more at:  www.otcproductnews.com
    Tags: GSK, PG, MTXX, Poligrip, Fixodent, zinc, Zicam, Matrixx, denture adhesives
    Sep 26 06:23 pm | Link | Comment!
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