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Xerox has used "trademark awareness" advertisements to prevent the brand from becoming a generic noun or verb, including such statements as "You can't make a Xerox." [235] However, it is used in the Philippines, [236] India, Russia, and Brazil as a generic word for 'photocopy'. Zamboni Ice resurfacer: Zamboni Company
Aspirin is also used long-term to help prevent further heart attacks, ischaemic strokes, and blood clots in people at high risk. [10] For pain or fever, effects typically begin within 30 minutes. [10] Aspirin works similarly to other NSAIDs but also suppresses the normal functioning of platelets. [10] One common adverse effect is an upset ...
By 2014, The Generics Pharmacy has changed its official name to TGP with its owners believing it would promote better brand recall. [5] By 2016, the Robinsons Retail of the Gokongwei family have acquired 51 percent stake in TGP, or a majority stake. [3] Robinsons also owns South Star Drug and Rose Pharmacy. [1]
The brand name "Tylenol" is owned by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, [1] a subsidiary of Kenvue. As of 2017 the brand was used in Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Lebanon, Myanmar, Oman, Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.
The brand became known for advertisements where it cured especially unpleasant and excruciating headaches (called "Excedrin headaches" in the ads of 1970s, [2] and later called "Excedrin tension headaches"). In 2007, the brand branched out into marketing for other types of pains with the introduction of Excedrin Back & Body, without caffeine.
It often contained aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine, but was reformulated in 1981, replacing the original ingredient phenacetin with paracetamol, before phenacetin was banned by the US FDA in 1983. It was available in more than 80 countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, but has been discontinued in many of them.
Aspirin may also be used to lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke in people who have already had one, O’Mahony says. But that path is not without risk. “This medication can increase the ...
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