Nurofen faces class action lawsuit
After a Federal Court order to pull the 'Specific Pain Range' of tablets from shelves, Nurofen is now facing a class action lawsuit for misleading consumers.
The packaging on these products implied that they treated specific types of pain (back pain, migraine pain, period pain or tension headaches), however all of these products were identical; the only difference was the packaging.
The active ingredient in all four of the products was 342 mg ibuprofen lysine, a painkiller which does not treat specific ailments.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commision (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims stated that “The retail price of the Nurofen Specific Pain Products was significantly higher than that of other comparable analgesic products which also act as general pain relievers. Price sampling conducted by the ACCC before the proceedings were commenced indicated that the Nurofen Specific Pain products were being sold at retail prices almost double that of Nurofen’s standard ibuprofen products and the general pain relief products of its competitors.”
Do you think Nurofen was intentionally misleading consumers? Have you ever purchased one of the products under scrutiny?
Bannister Law is asking those who purchased the products to sign up for the class action lawsuit, seeking refunds for the purchased products.
Read more on ACCC.
Cannot see anything wrong with it myself
Of course it may affect those that cannot or are too lazy to read the contents.
The main problem I see if people had pain all over and took 2 tablets for back pain, period paid headache and Migraine all in one hit.
The class action is organised by some greedy barrister trying to get rich on those less fortunate.