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Euan Murray, from Barclays Corporate Banking, said higher sales over the Christmas period failed to counter the restrained consumer spending seen through most of the last quarter of 2012.
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For example, 7-Eleven and Lawson cannot sell vitamins (which account for 45% of sales of drugs over the counter) unless there is a doctor in the shop.
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He believes the system should rely on a range of official sources, such as hospital admissions, prescriptions for anti-viral drug Tamiflu and sales of over-the-counter medicines, rather than anecdotal evidence culled from social media.
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If the government fails, it would clear the way for over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill to younger girls.
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At present, while high-dose vitamins and minerals are readily available in the UK, over-the-counter sales are already outlawed in most EU countries, leading to a "black market" in vitamins with the UK as its source.
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The FDA had been poised to allow over-the-counter sales with no age limits when Sebelius took the unprecedented step of overruling the agency.
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Emergency contraception has been available by prescription in the US since 1999, before regulators approved over-the-counter sales of the drug in 2006.
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Absent an appeal or a government request for more time to prepare one, the ruling will take effect in 30 days, meaning that over-the-counter sales could start then.
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Teva Women's Health, which makes Plan B, said it would begin over-the-counter sales in a few months.
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Kogan compared Zetia to the company's allergy blockbuster, Claritin, which will soon either face generic competition or be sold over the counter, dulling its sales potential.
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Mills says the launch of an array of new generics and new acquisitions over the next two years will help to counter competition and drive up sales.
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