Bayer Extends Afrin Line With First OTC Oxymetazoline Spray In US For Children Under 6

Children’s Afrin regular and no-drip formulations reach US stores with consumers having choices between dozens of oxymetazoline nasal sprays available under an FDA OTC monograph. But products indicated for children was limited to one, Mucinex Childrens Stuffy Nose, and it’s for children 6 and up.

Bayer AG doubles the number of children’s OTC oxymetazoline nasal sprays available in the US while offering the first indicated for children younger than 6 with the launch of Children’s Afrin Extra Moisturizing Stuffy Nose Spray in regular and no-drip formulations.

“As the leader of acute medicated nasal sprays, it was the right time for Afrin to begin expanding into the...