Bayer's ClariSpray Brings Hint Of Familiar Brand To Nasal Allergy Space

ClariSpray is the same formulation as GSK Consumer Healthcare's Flonase Allergy Relief, but Bayer is not making all of the same claims because OTC Flonase for another year has exclusivity among OTC intranasal corticosteroids for eye-related allergy relief.

Bayer AG enters the OTC intranasal corticosteroid market with ClariSpray, an equivalent of Flonase Allergy Relief branded to capitalize on the Claritin antihistamine line's marketplace equity.

The German firm's Bayer HealthCare LLC business made ClariSpray Nasal Allergy Spray (fluticasone/0

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