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Article: Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Supports U.S. Food and Drug Administration Decision for Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications in Children under Two Years of Age.
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- January 17, 2008
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MADISON, N.J., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, a division of Wyeth , supports today's U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to no longer recommend use of over-the-counter cough and cold products in children under age two.
"This decision is consistent with our voluntary removal in October 2007 of over-the-counter infant cough and cold products from the global market to help reduce dosing errors and overdoses in children who are most vulnerable to misuse of these medicines," says Cavan Redmond, President, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare.
Since October 2007, the Company has worked with retailers, health care professionals and the ...