CVS removing certain cold medicines containing phenylephrine, CNBC reports

CVS is voluntarily removing some of the most common cough and cold medicines from its store shelves and will no longer sell them, a company spokesperson told CNBC, Annika Kim Constantino reports. The company’s decision comes a month after a panel of advisors to the FDA unanimously determined that the main ingredient used in many popular over-the-counter cold and allergy medications doesn’t actually work to clear up congested noses when taken orally. The FDA has not decided whether to ask drug manufacturers and retailers like CVS to remove products containing oral phenylephrine from the market, CNBC says. Oral products that list phenylephrine as its only active ingredient include Sudafed PE, which is marketed by Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) consumer health spinoff Kenvue (KVUE).