Chain Drug Review - Battle over Clarinex switch. (Marketplace: Focus).

WASHINGTON–The National Consumers League (NCL) wants the Food and Drug Administration to keep Clarinex as a prescription-only product. The medication reached the market in January.

Earlier this year WellPoint Health Networks Inc. filed a petition with the regulatory agency to gain approval for an over-the-counter version of the Schering-Plough Corp. allergy product.

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“The consequence of this forced O-T-C shift along with other NSAs that WellPoint has petitioned on would be to eliminate the insurance coverage for the entire class of nonsedating antihistamines, reduce …

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