UK chain pulls analgesic promotion
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Tesco for the second time withdraws a volume-based promotional offer for analgesics after a competitor, Alliance Boots, complains the promotion violates restrictions on retail pack sizes, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announces Oct. 4. Tesco offered a "two for one" promotion for Wrafton Laboratories' Resolve and Resolve Extra acetaminophen products, according to the MHRA release. However, Alliance Boots told MRHA the promotion exceeds the guideline on restricting consumers' purchases of analgesics that UK retailers have agreed to follow. The British retailer withdrew a similar promotion in June 2005 (1The Tan Sheet" June 27, 2005, In Brief). The health authority reached agreements with several other retailers, according to the release...