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CIBA CONSUMER PHARMACEUTICALS' ACUTRIM: CHALLENNGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN TODAY'S DIET INDUSTRY Ciba Consumer Pharmaceuticals is facing a dilemma to decide whether or not to increase their marketing expenditures on Acutrim, an appetite suppressant. Considering that in the last years, the consumer attitude to this kind of products has been shifting to more natural products and meal replacements and they are very sensitive to new products and fad-oriented, so it is a very volatile industry with low standards of loyalty among its customers and an increase concern of the safety issues about taking a pill to lose weight. Besides those facts, the company has a big competitor, Thompson Medical Company, which has been investing more funds on the advertisement campaigns of their diet pills (Dexatrim). And the overall market for appetite suppressant has been decreasing, because consumers right now are more attend to their life styles, what they eat and their activity...

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