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Article: Wyeth gets final OTC Claritin approval.
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- Pharma Marketletter
- Article date:
- January 6, 2003
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US drugmaker Wyeth says that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted final approval to the company's application for an over-the-counter version of Alavert (loratadine), a generic rival to Schering-Plough's Claritin brand.E
The company says that it will immediately begin shipping quantities of Alavert to retailers, grocery stores and pharmacies around the country, with a recommended retail price of around $27 for a pack of 48 tablets.
Meantime, drug major Johnson & Johnson confirmed that it ...