Article: Hunting, Wool, Allergy Pills: Pet Projects Are Promoted - New York Times

Article: Fruit Juices Block Popular Allergy Drug.(Allegra absorption blocked by fruit juice injestion)
Environmental Nutrition;  May 1, 2001 ;     152 words ...There could be a simple reason why you're not getting relief from the antihistamine drug Allegra (fexofenadine), a popular allergy remedy this time of year. Researchers from the University of Western Ontario found that when 10 healthy volunteers...

Article: Suit Filed to Stop Generic Claritin
AP Online;  February 1, 2002 ;     509 words ......versions of Claritin infringes on the patents of the widely popular allergy drug. Schering has filed 18 other patent infringement suits...Drug Administration panel which said Claritin and two other popular allergy medications are safe enough to be sold without a prescription...

Article: Schering-Plough files suits to prevent generic over-the-counter versions of Claritin
AP Worldstream;  February 1, 2002 ;     486 words ......over-the-counter versions of Claritin infringe on patents for the popular allergy drug. Schering filed the suit in U.S. District Court in...Drug Administration panel which said Claritin and two other popular allergy medications are safe enough to be sold without a prescription...

Article: NO PRESCRIPTION.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 10, 2007 ;     88 words ...WASHINGTON -- The popular allergy drug Zyrtec-D can now sell without a prescription, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. Zyrtec-D combines the antihistamine...

Article: DRUG FIRM WANTS TO SELL CLARITIN WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION
The Boston Globe;  March 9, 2002 ;     275 words ...WASHINGTON - The maker of Claritin, the nation's most popular allergy drug, announced yesterday that it is seeking government permission to sell the drug without a prescription. The decision by Schering-Plou...

Article: FDA SENDS CLARITIN OVER THE COUNTER.(Business)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 28, 2002 ;     210 words ...Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The government approved over-the-counter sales of the popular allergy remedy Claritin on Wednesday, a long-anticipated move that will save uninsured allergy sufferers money but prove more costly to...

Article: Loosening restrictions on Claritin could cost the uninsured more
Charleston Daily Mail;  November 28, 2002 ;     311 words ...WASHINGTON - The popular allergy remedy Claritin begins selling over the counter next month, the first nonsedating antihistamine available without a doctor's prescription...

Article: FDA approves allergy drug for over-the-counter sale.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 11, 2007 ;     115 words ...WASHINGTON - The popular allergy drug Zyrtec-D can now sell without a prescription, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. Zyrtec-D combines the antihistamine...

Article: FDA OKs Over-the-Counter Claritin Sales
AP Online;  November 27, 2002 ;     250 words ...00-00-0000 WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government approved over-the-counter sales of the popular allergy remedy Claritin on Wednesday, a long-anticipated move that will save uninsured allergy sufferers money but prove more costly to...

Article: ALLERGY MEDICINES DEBATED.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 10, 2001 ;     238 words ......largest health insurers, in an unprecedented attempt to push drug costs down, is urging federal regulators to make three popular allergy remedies available over the counter. WellPoint Health Networks of Thousand Oaks, Calif., in a petition to the Food and Drug...

Article: Patents slow generic version of Allegra.(Brief Article)
Chain Drug Review;  April 29, 2002 ;     190 words ...NEW YORK -- While Aventis S.A. has lost its exclusive marketing rights for the popular allergy drug Allegra, it is using additional patents it has on the product to try to block generic drug makers from marketing the medication...

Article: FDA to probe possible link to Singulair, suicide.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 28, 2008 ;     120 words ......it is reviewing a handful of reports involving mood changes, suicidal behavior and suicide in patients who have taken the popular allergy and asthma drug. Merck has updated the drug's labeling four times in the past year to include information on a range of...

Article: Claritin may enter the O-T-C market. (Supplier News).(Schering-Plough Corp.)(Brief Article)
Chain Drug Review;  April 1, 2002 ;     402 words ......competition for Claritin (loratadine) by asking the Food and Drug Administration to switch all indications and formulations of its popular allergy product to over-the-counter status. Claritin generated more than $3 billion in sales in 2001, nearly one-third of the company...

Article: Allergy pills spark healthcare debate.
United Press International;  May 9, 2001 ;     316 words ......tion's largest health insurers, WellPoint Health Networks of Thousand Oaks, Calif., is urging federal regulators to make three popular allergy remedies available over-the-counter in an unprecedented attempt to push drug costs down, The Washington Post reported Thursday...