Your favourite cough and cold cure, Vicks Action 500 Extra will no longer be sold at the chemist shops. Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care informed the bourses that it has halted manufacture and sale of Vicks Action 500 Extra with immediate effect.
The move comes after Health Ministry banned about 344 fixed dose combination drugs, including Paracetamol, Phenylephrine and Caffeine. Vicks Action 500 Extra constitutes same fixed dose combination.
“Our product Vicks Action 500 Extra has the same Fixed Dose Combination and gets covered under this notofication. Accordingly, we have discontinu3d manufacture and sale of Vicks Action 500 Extra with immediate effect,” the company told BSE.
The company, however, said that Vicks has been providing remedies for relieving cold and flu symptoms for over 100 years. It said, “All Vicks products, including Vicks Action 500 Extra, are backed by research to support their safety, quality and efficacy. It has products approved by government regulators in over 60 countries, and enjoys an excellent safety record.”
Stocks of the company were trading 0.46 per cent down at Rs 6100 (9.26 am) as it on Tuesday.