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June 10, 2013
Four middle-schoolers win first-ever Alka-Seltzer Rocket Contest

A team of middle school students from Philip G. Vroom School in Bayonne took the top prize in Bayer’s first-ever Alka-Seltzer Rocket Contest at Liberty Science Center with a rocket that soared to 15.3 ft., Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care announced Monday.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A team of middle school students from Philip G. Vroom School in Bayonne, N.J., took the top prize in Bayer’s first-ever Alka-Seltzer Rocket Contest at Liberty Science Center with a rocket that soared to 15.3 ft., Bayer HealthCare Consumer Care announced Monday.

May 28, 2013
Bayer discontinues "complete relief" claims for Alka-Seltzer remedy

Bayer Healthcare last week reported it has discontinued certain advertising claims made in broadcast advertising for Alka-Seltzer Plus Severe Sinus Congestion and Cough, a sinus medication, following a challenge made by Procter & Gamble to the National Advertising Division, an investigative unit of the advertising industry’s system of self-regulation.

NEW YORK — Bayer Healthcare last week reported it has discontinued certain advertising claims made in broadcast advertising for Alka-Seltzer Plus Severe Sinus Congestion and Cough, a sinus medication, following a challenge made by Procter & Gamble to the National Advertising Division, an investigative unit of the advertising industry’s system of self-regulation.

The express and implied claims at issue included: 

August 8, 2011
Digestive Aids

Breaking down OTC digestive aids by indication, active ingredients, purpose and dosage.

The fall 2011 Digestive Aids Ingredient Guide breaks down the indication, active ingredients, purpose and dosage of such OTC digestive aids as Tums Ultra, Alka-Seltzer, Zantac, Pepcid AC, Prilosec OTC, Prevacid 24-HR, Dulcolax, MiraLax, Imodium A-D, Pepto-Bismol, Align and Culturelle.

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May 6, 2011
Alka-Seltzer announces Facebook contest winner

Bayer Consumer Care on Friday announced that Frank Garske of California is the grand prize winner of the Alka-Seltzer Said/Heard Mishaps Contest on Facebook.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Bayer Consumer Care on Friday announced that Frank Garske of California is the grand prize winner of the Alka-Seltzer Said/Heard Mishaps Contest on Facebook.

February 3, 2011
Alka-Seltzer kicks off Facebook contest

Bayer HealthCare on Wednesday launched the Said/Heard Mishaps contest on its Alka-Seltzer Facebook page. The contest gives entrants the opportunity to trade those miscommunication experiences that may have caused some gastrointestinal distress for a chance to win $5,000.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Bayer HealthCare on Wednesday launched the Said/Heard Mishaps contest on its Alka-Seltzer Facebook page. The contest gives entrants the opportunity to trade those miscommunication experiences that may have caused some gastrointestinal distress for a chance to win $5,000.

August 18, 2009
Alka Seltzer

As seen on shelf at Walgreens, having a major pharma player like Bayer HealthCare field...

As seen on shelf at Walgreens, having a major pharma player like Bayer HealthCare field what essentially is a hangover-relief product adds credibility, not to mention a little more shelf presence, to similar products like Living Essentials’ Chaser Plus.