Pfizer Agrees to Drop Certain Health Claims from Centrum Products

Pfizer Inc. has agreed to remove some of the health claims the company prints on its Centrum brand of multivitamins. Reuters reported on Thursday that nonprofit group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) had threatened to sue Pfizer for false advertising if it did not remove claims that different formulations of Centrum multivitamins promoted “eye health,””breast health,” or “colon health,” among other benefits.