Reckitt Benckiser misled consumers on Nurofen painkillers: Australia court

Sydney

AN Australian court ordered Reckitt Benckiser on Monday to pull several of its Nurofen pain relief products from the market, saying the British firm had misled consumers by marketing identical products for different types of pain.

The Federal Court ruled that the Nurofen Back Pain, Period Pain, Migraine Pain and Tension Headache products were in fact identical and that Reckitt Benckiser had "engaged in misleading conduct" by labelling them for different ailments.