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Vicks Action 500 Extra banned

| | Mar 15, 2016, at 06:12 pm
#Vicks Action 500 Extra banned # Vicks # Vicks Action 500 Extra
Mumbai, Mar 15 (IBNS) After Corex and Phensedyl it is now Vicks Action 500 Extra as FMCG major Procter and Gamble (P&G) has discontinued manufacture and sale of its popular brand of cold and flu pill with immediate effect after the government banned fixed dose combination drugs.
 "The Government of India has prohibited the manufacture for sale, sale and distribution of fixed dose combination drugs (Paracetamol + Phenylephrine + Caffeine) with immediate effect," Pfizer   said in a BSE filing.
 
 "Our product 'Vicks Action 500 Extra' has the same fixed dose combination and gets covered under notification. we have discontinued the manufacture and sale of all SKUs of 'Vicks Action 500 Extra with immediate effect." 
 
On Monday,  Pfizer and Abbott stopped sale of their popular cough syrups Corex and Phensedyl respectively, after the government banned over 300 fixed dose combinations (FDCs) drugs. 
 
Corex had garnered sales of Rs 176 crore in the nine-month period ended December 31. Pfizer admitted that the  government's move will have an adverse impact on it. 

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