Article: Glaxo's diet pill stirs early interest

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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