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Article: Glaxo's diet pill stirs early interest
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2007
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Eager dieters snapped up all the packages of alli at dozens of
Walgreen Co. stores yesterday, providing a sneak peek at how the
nation's only federally approved over-the-counter diet pill would be
greeted today, the first day of nationwide sales. "It's a product
they've been waiting for," said Carol Hively, a spokeswoman for the
drugstore chain.
To prepare for the diet pill's official launch, its manufacturer,
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, began shipping alli packages at
12:01 a.m. Wednesday. But retailers who received shipments were free
to begin selling the drug earlier. Walgreen, which paid for its own
television advertisement promoting alli, yesterday stocked it in
5,751 stores ...
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