In Brief: Granutec
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Granutec: Agrees to stop using Tylenol gelcap red-and-yellow color scheme for private-label products in a settlement with McNeil. Under the agreement, "in lieu of a recall, Granutec will change the colors of its encapsulated generic acetaminophen, as well as its generic versions of the Tylenol PM and Mylanta gelcaps," McNeil announced on April 19. Granutec also will be prohibited from imitating the colors of "all current and future multi-colored OTC gelatin products" sold by J&J subsidiaries. The generics company will pay McNeil $250,000 for legal fees. McNeil won a preliminary injunction against the Novopharm subsidiary in December. The order, and a later modifying provision, instructed Granutec to initiate a customer recall for all products resembling Tylenol gelcaps ("The Tan Sheet" Jan. 15, p. 3)...