13th Mar 2015 06:31
LONDON (Alliance News) - US healthcare company Johnson & Johnson on Thursday sued UK rival GlaxoSmithKline PLC, alleging Glaxo is attempting to unlawfully win market share with false advertising at the start of the spring allergy season in the US, Reuters reports.
Two units of J&J, McNeil-PPC Inc and McNeil Consumer Healthcare, filed the suit in Manhattan, accusing Glaxo os making unsupported claims about its allergy nasal spray Flonase at the expense of McNeil's Benadryl and Zyrtec drugs.
A spokeswoman for Glaxo told Reuters the company is reviewing the lawsuit.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/uk-johnson-johnson-gsk-allergy-idUKKBN0M82SI20150312
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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