The packages come with 14 patches and are sold for $40, or $118 for all three steps. Habitrol Good for: Smokers who also want a hotline and other support.

For serious smokers, who inhale more than 10 cigarettes a day, this three-step patch system also includes a behavior support program self-help guide.

Dr Reddy's had earlier entered into an asset purchase agreement with Novartis to acquire the title and rights of Habitrol and to market the product in the US.

Novartis AG will divest its nicotine replacement patch Habitrol, as mandated by the Federal Trade Commission, to go ahead with its consumer-health merger with GlaxoSmithKline.

Novartis will unload Habitrol to India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, which sells lots over-the-counter products in the U.S. so will be well positioned to keep the market competitive, the FTC said.

This includes top brands like Nicotinell, Nicabate, Thrive, and Habitrol, spanning over 30 countries. The acquisition strengthens Dr Reddy's consumer healthcare segment.

The Habitrol and Nicoderm patches aim to gradually reduce dependence on nicotine. When applied to the torso, lower back or upper arm, the patch releases nicotine through the skin into the ...

The documents are all dated before 1999. Both Nicorette gum and the Habitrol patch are now made by pharmaceutical companies that don't sell products to tobacco manufacturers.

Indian pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is taking on products including Nicotinell, Habitrol and Thrive, which are sold in 30 markets around the world as lozenges, patches and gum ...