American Home Products Corporation

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IN THE MATTER OF AMERICA:! HOME PRODL'CTS CORPORATION ORDER, OPINION , ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE CO !MISSION ACT Docket 8641. Complaint, Aug. 1.9fi4-Decisions, Dec. 1%0* Order requiring a New York City manufacturer of "Preparation H" ointment to cease falsely representing in its advertising that its product wil "Modified on ,July 15 , 196n and June 9 , 1970. Syllabus 70 F. T.

FINAL ORDER The parties having entered into a stipulation filed on May 27 1966, providing, inte,' alia that: the case would be submitted to the Commission on the record in Docket 8641 American Home Products Corpomtion (p. 1524 hereina and such other facts and records as provided for in said stipulation; that the facts applicable to the case support the stipulation that the advertisements in the case had no significantly different effect upon readers or hearers from the effect of the advertisements in American Home Products and that the effect of the use of respondent's preparation is not significantly different from the use of American Home Products ' preparations; that to the extent that respondent's advertisements differ significantly from those in A meriean Home Products the Commission may, in its order disposing of this proceeding, include appropriate provisions to take into consideration such differences; that respondent waives any intervening steps before the hearing examiner; that the Commission may, on the basis of this stipulation, the advertisements attached thereto and the record in American Home Products issue such order as it deems necessary in the public interest and that the record on which the Commission is to make its disposition of this proceeding is limited to the record at the time this stipulation is filed; and the Commission having rendered its decision and issued its Opinion herein;

:!ow therefore, on the basis of said stipulation and attachments, the pleadings herein and the record in Docket 8641 A merican Home Products Corporation (p. 1524 hereina, it is hereby O,"dered That the attached Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Order be and they hereby are entered and issued by the Commission in final disposition of this proceeding.