Bayer's ClariSpray Brings Hint Of Familiar Brand To Nasal Allergy Space
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
ClariSpray is the same formulation as GSK Consumer Healthcare's Flonase Allergy Relief, but Bayer is not making all of the same claims because OTC Flonase for another year has exclusivity among OTC intranasal corticosteroids for eye-related allergy relief.
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