McNeil Recalls Liquid Infants’ <em>Tylenol</em> With Dosing Device Problem

McNeil Recalls Liquid Infants’ Tylenol With Dosing Device Problem

20 Feb 2012

• By Dan Schiff

McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalls an Infants’ Tylenol product that returned to market in November, after receiving consumer complaints about a problem with the SimpleMeasure dosing device system. The recall marks a misstep in the J&J subsidiary’s comeback from OTC quality control issues.

An apparent defect related to the dosing devicepackaged withanInfants’ Tylenol product promptedMcNeil Consumer Healthcare’s latest liquid pediatric OTC drug recall.

The recall suggests the difficulty pharma firms face in improving OTC dosing accuracy and safety while providing user-friendly dosing systems.