Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (formerly Prestige Brands, Inc.) is an American company that markets and distributes over-the-counter healthcare and household cleaning products. It was formed by the merger of Medtech Products, Inc., Prestige Brands International, and the

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in 1996. The company is headquartered in

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and operates a manufacturing facility in

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. Among the brands owned by Prestige are Chloraseptic sore throat products, Clear Eyes,

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wart treatment, Dramamine motion sickness treatment,

Efferdent A denture cleaner (also termed denture cleanser) is used to clean dentures when they are out of the mouth. The main use is to control the growth of microorganisms on the dentures, especially ''Candida albicans'', thereby preventing denture-relate ...

denture care,

Luden's Luden's is an American brand of cough drop that is currently manufactured and sold in the US by Prestige Consumer Healthcare. Company headquarters are in Tarrytown, New York. Luden's products include Blue Raspberry, Honey Lemon, Honey Licorice, ...

throat drops, BC Powder and Goody's Headache Powder, Pediacare &

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children's OTC products and Beano (dietary supplement). The company's CEO and president is Ron Lombardi, who replaced Matthew Mannelly on June 1, 2015.

History

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. was established in 1999 to acquire, revitalize, and line extend leading, often neglected but healthy brands that were considered non-core at major consumer products companies. In 2004,

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sold Prestige Brands to GTCR Golder Rauner.

Acquisitions

The company acquired Blacksmith Brands' portfolio of five brands in 2010. In December 2011, the company agreed to purchase 17 brands from

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including BC Powder,

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Ecotrin Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is a medication used to reduce pain, fever, or inflammation. Specific inflammatory conditions which aspirin is used to treat include Kawasaki disease, pericarditis, and rheumatic fever. Aspiri ...

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Goody's Powder Goody's Powder, also called Goody's Headache Powders, is an over-the-counter aspirin/paracetamol/caffeine–based pain reliever, in single-dose powder form, which is marketed and sold by Prestige Brands. The powder delivery saves the time neede ...

, Sominex and Tagamet for $660 million. In 2013, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. acquired Care Pharmaceuticals of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia, a privately held marketer and distributor of over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare brands for children and adults. In 2014, the company purchased Hydralyte in Australia and New Zealand from the Hydration Pharmaceuticals Trust of Victoria, Australia. Hydralyte is the leading oral rehydration product in Australia and New Zealand. In April 2014, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Insight Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a marketer and distributor of feminine care and other over-the-counter healthcare products, for $750 million in cash. In November 2015, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DenTek Oral Care Inc. (DenTek), a privately-held marketer and distributor of oral care products for $225 million in cash. In December 2016, Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. agreed to buy C.B. Fleet Co. from private-equity firm Gryphon Investors for about $825 million. In July 2021, consumer health business assets were acquired from Akorn Operating Company, LLC for $228.9 million adding TheraTears and other products to their brands.

Divestitures

In 2009, Prestige sold its Denorex and Prell brands of shampoo. It has since divested Fiber Choice, PediaCare, New-Skin, and Dermoplast (2016). In 2018, Prestige sold off their household cleaning supply division.

Products

Prestige Consumer Healthcare owns many over-the counter medicines and products, including: Digestive care * Bacid *

* Dramamine *

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* Kondremul * Phazyme * Tagamet Eye, ear, nose, and throat * Allerest PE * Auro * Capastat * Chloraseptic * Clear Eyes * Debrox *

throat lozenge A throat lozenge (also known as a cough drop, sore throat sweet, troche, cachou, pastille or cough sweet) is a small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irri ...

s * Murine Ear & Murine Tears *

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* Nostrilla * Stye * Sucrets Oral care * DenTek *

* Effergrip * Ezo * Fresh Guard by Efferdent * Gly-Oxide * OraBrush * The Doctor's Pain relief *

Anacin Anacin is an American brand of analgesic that is manufactured by Prestige Consumer Healthcare. Its product contains aspirin and caffeine. History Anacin was invented by William Milton Knight and was first to be used circa 1916 as stated in the ...

* BC Powder * Diabet Aid *

* Percogesic * Stanback Pediatric care *

Boudreaux's Butt Paste Boudreaux's Butt Paste is an American brand of skin cream that started out as a remedy for diaper rash. It has also been used for the treatment of various skin ailments including psoriasis, jock itch, shingles, chafing, cold sores and acn ...

* Caldesene * Gentle Naturals * Little Remedies * Pedia-Lax Skin care *

Americaine Benzocaine, sold under the brand name Orajel amongst others, is an ester local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever or in cough drops. It is the active ingredient in many over-the-counter anesthetic ointments such as products for ...

* Boil Ease * Chapet * Cloverine Salve *

* Dermarest * Freezone * Mosco * Nix * Outgro * Oxypor * Skin Shield * Ting * Wartner Sleep aids * Compul * Nytol * Sominex Women's health * Monistat * Norforms *

Summer's Eve Summer's Eve is an American brand of feminine hygiene products that is produced by the C.B. Fleet Company, a subsidiary of Prestige Consumer Healthcare. Controversial ads A Summer's Eve ad in the August 2010 issue of '' Woman's Day'' featured ei ...

* Uristat * Vitron C

References

External links

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Marketwatch - Prestige Brands Hldgs Inc.
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