25 Years Of The OTC Marketing Awards

This March the UK's OTC Marketing Awards celebrates its silver anniversary. HBW Insight looks back on the history of these prestigious Awards, picking out some highlights from its 25 years of championing the very best of the British consumer healthcare industry.

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Crookes Healthcare. Warner Wellcome. SmithKline Beecham. Reckitt & Coleman. Do any of these names ring a bell?

A quarter of a century ago, these consumer healthcare firms were all nominated for the first OTC Marketing Awards, which back then was known as the

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