THE UK Medicines and Healthcare
Products Regulatory Agency
(MHRA) has upheld a complaint
from Boehringer Ingelheim (BI)
about an advertisement for
Senokot produced by Reckitt
Benckiser which appeared on
television in May 2014.
BI argued that the advertisement
suggested that Senokot was better
than other laxatives because its
active ingredient is natural.
Following the MHRA ruling, the
advertisement was withdrawn on
05 Aug and no advertisements with
similar content would be released,
the regulatory agency said.
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