Vicks

Vicks is an American brand of over-the-counter medications owned by the American companies Procter & Gamble and Kaz Incorporated. Vicks manufactures NyQuil and its sister medication, DayQuil as well as other medications in the "Quil" line. Vicks also produces the Formula 44 brand of cough medicines, cough drops, Vicks VapoRub, and a number of inhaled breathing treatments. For much of its history, Vicks products were manufactured by the family-owned company Richardson-Vicks, Inc., based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Richardson-Vicks, Inc., was eventually sold to Procter & Gamble in 1985. Procter & Gamble divested the Vicks VapoSteam U.S. liquid inhalant business and sold it to Helen of Troy in 2015.

Vicks
Product typeOver-the-counter medicines
Owner
CountryUnited States
Introduced1898 (1898)
Previous ownersRichardson-Vicks, Inc.
Tagline"Breathe Life In"
Websitevicks.com
  • Former names:
  • Lunsford Richardson Wholesale Drug Company (1898–1905)
  • Vick's Family Remedies (1905–1911)
  • Vick Chemical Company (1911–1982)
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