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EU/UK…What type of Switch do I have? • More sophisticated OTC medicines ● Centralised: ❑ ALLI (2008 - P) – Orlistat ❑ Anti-obesity medicine in consumers with BMI > 28

● National: ❑ Zocor Heart-Pro (2004 - P) – Simvastatin ❑ Reduce risk of first major coronary event.

❑ Azithromycin (2008 – P) ❑ Confirmed asymptomatic chlamydia

❑ Atovaquone (2017 - P) – Proguanil HCl ❑ Malaria in adults

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Management of the BRAND

• Crucial to OTC medicines

● Certain medicines very “trusted” in the consumer psyche

● Very important to assure that this is not compromised…

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