Perrigo Announces FDA Approval, Launch Of Store Brand Equivalent To Flonase

(RTTNews) - Perrigo Company plc (PRGO) and its partner West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved, and that Perrigo has launched, fluticasone propionate nasal spray USP, 50 mcg per spray, the store brand equivalent to Flonase. This product is packaged and marketed as store brand or retailer 'own label' brands and provides consumers with a high-quality, value alternative to Flonase.

Flonase (fluticasone propionate nasal spray USP, 50 mcg per spray) is indicated for the temporary relief of hay fever or other upper respiratory allergies in adult and pediatric patients 4 years of age and older. Combined store brand and national brand sales for the twelve months ending May 2016 were $343 million.