"These products are safe when used correctly, but this will create some comfort and reassurance for children most vulnerable to some issues with these products," said Doug Petkus, a spokesman for Madison, New Jersey-based Wyeth, in a phone interview... Full Article at The Morning Call
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Some of the nation's largest drug makers will no longer sell cold medicines targeted at infants due to safety concerns. Full Article at N.J. Courier-Post Online
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Drug makers on Thursday voluntarily pulled children's cold medicines off the market less than two weeks after the government warned of potential health risks to infants. Full Article at ABC4.com (KTVX)
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In a statement released early Thursday, J&J (JNJ: , , ) said that its McNeil consumer-products division was recalling seven products intended to treat cough and colds in babies over reports that some parents, in rare instances, had misused the... Full Article at MarketWatch
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Major makers of over-the-counter infant cough and cold medicines announced today that they were voluntarily withdrawing their products from the market for fear that they could be misused by parents. Full Article at The New York Times
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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare said it would voluntarily withdraw certain cough and cold products for infants from the market. These are Concentrated Infants' Tylenol Drops Plus Cold; Concentrated Infants' Full Article at MarketWatch
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