TGA

Targeted pain response

RECKITT Benckiser’s targeted relief of pain claims are causing a stir in the industry, after the TGA released its determination in relation to complaints over advertising. The furore started two years ago when Choice awarded Nurofen a Shonky Award for its range of caplets for migraine, back, tension headache and period pain whose ingredients were identical from product to product. “So does the back pain version somehow magically go straight to your back – and only your back – as soon as you’ve swallowed it?,” Choice said. This award was ...

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