Anadin

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Anadin is a brand of painkiller sold in the UK and Ireland, launched in 1932, originally by American pharmaceutical company Anacin and currently by Haleon.

Types

Several different types of painkiller are sold under the brand.[1] As of April 2009, these include:

Criticism

Along with other brands, Anadin's paracetamol tablets have been criticised for being overpriced compared to non-branded versions (e.g. in 2008 16 Anadin Paracetamol tablets each containing 500 mg of paracetamol cost around £2.09 while non-branded equivalents retailed for around £0.35).[3]

See also

  • Anacin (American original brand launched in the UK as Anadin in 1932)[4]

References

  1. ^ "Home". anadin.co.uk.
  2. ^ http://www.brandrepublic.com/InDepth/Features/188772/Superbrands-case-studies-Anadin/ Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine Superbrands case studies: Anadin
  3. ^ "The great medicine rip-off". The Independent. 15 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Anadin brand". brandrepublic.com. Retrieved April 9, 2016.