Research and Markets: Boots International Announced The Sale of Its US OTC Healthcare Business To Reckitt Benckiser - Analgesics in the USA.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c40546) has announced the addition of Analgesics Analgesics Definition Analgesics are medicines that relieve pain. Purpose Analgesics are those drugs that mainly provide pain relief. in the USA to their offering. Market exits as companies focus on Rx business The US OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). healthcare market was a changing landscape in 2005 as Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were and Boots International both decided to exit in order to focus on their prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, businesses. Bristol-Myers Squibb sold its US and Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. consumer health portfolio, including rights to the Excedrin Ex·ced·rin A trademark for an over-the-counter preparation containing acetaminophen alone or combined with caffeine or aspirin or both. Excedrin® , Vagistat and Comtrex brands, to Novartis. Boots International announced the sale of its US OTC healthcare business to Reckitt Benckiser Reckitt Benckiser plc is one of the world's leading manufacturers of cleaning products and a member of the FTSE 100 Index of the largest companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. It is headquartered in the town of Slough just to the west of Greater London. . The deal includes the Clearasil, Nurofen and Strepsils brands. Wyeth also sold its Solgar Vitamin and Herb division to NBTY during 2005. Finally, Pfizer has announced its intention to sell its consumer healthcare division, a move that promises to impact the US OTC healthcare market even more in 2006. These market exits signal a greater trend for pharmaceutical companies to focus on the more profitable prescription drug market at the expense of OTC healthcare innovations, and such transitions of ownership have slowed the pace of new product development and overall growth in OTC healthcare sales. The Analgesics in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2000-2005), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2010 illustrate how the market is set to change. Product coverage: adult analgesics, child-specific analgesics, systemic systemic /sys·tem·ic/ (sis-tem´ik) pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole. sys·tem·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to a system. 2. analgesics, topical topical /top·i·cal/ (top´i-k'l) pertaining to a particular area, as a topical antiinfective applied to a certain area of the skin and affecting only the area to which it is applied. top·i·cal adj. analgesics Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares Why buy this report? - Get a detailed picture of the analgesics industry - Pinpoint growth sectors and trends and identify factors driving change - Understand the competitive environment, the market's major players and leading brands - Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop Contents Include:- 1. Executive Summary 2. Operating Environment 3. OTC Healthcare Sales 4. Analgesics Sales 5. Definitions Companies Mentioned are: - McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals - Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Inc - Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Ltd - Procter & Gamble Co, The - GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health - NBTY Inc - Bayer Corp - Novartis Corp - Schering-Plough Healthcare Products Inc - Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Inc - Pharmavite Corp - General Nutrition Centers Inc - Amway Corp - Herbalife International Inc - Adams Respiratory - Therapeutics Inc - Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co - Mannatech Inc - Forever Living Products LLC - Chattem Inc - Cadbury Adams USA LLC - Rexall Sundown Inc - Advanced Care Products - Nature's Sunshine Products Inc - Bausch & Lomb Inc - Neutrogena Corp - Life Extension Foundation Inc - Tahitian Noni International Inc - Twinlab Corp - Sunrider International Inc - Airborne Inc - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co - Weider Nutrition International Inc - Bayer-Roche LLC - General Nutrition Cos Inc - Mentholatum Co Inc, The - Medtech Inc - Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc - Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co, Inc - Hisamitsu America Inc - Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp - Pharmacia Corp - WF Young Inc - Naturopathica Ltd - Whitehall-Robins Healthcare - Leiner Health Products Inc For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c40546 |
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