Tell Pfizer to take sharks off the ingredient menu.

Tell Pfizer to take sharks off the ingredient menu.

The Issue

The top-selling over the counter hemorrhoid remedy, Preparation H, contains shark liver oil as a moisturizing agent. Tell Pfizer to give sharks a break by replacing shark liver oil with one or more plant-based ingredients from the FDA's "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) list. Such a replacement would not only help sharks, who are rapidly becoming threatened the world over, but negate the "need" for any animal testing of the reformulated products.

As a leading name brand, the reformulation of the Preparation H line could set off a chain reaction resulting in the reformulation of similar generic and store-brand products that mimic Preparation H ingredient for ingredient; at present, this means that nearly all of them contain shark liver oil.

For more information about the decimation of shark populations, watch the award winning documentary Sharkwater by Rob Stewart: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5B0C226E3A63B53C&search_query=sharkwater.

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The Issue

The top-selling over the counter hemorrhoid remedy, Preparation H, contains shark liver oil as a moisturizing agent. Tell Pfizer to give sharks a break by replacing shark liver oil with one or more plant-based ingredients from the FDA's "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) list. Such a replacement would not only help sharks, who are rapidly becoming threatened the world over, but negate the "need" for any animal testing of the reformulated products.

As a leading name brand, the reformulation of the Preparation H line could set off a chain reaction resulting in the reformulation of similar generic and store-brand products that mimic Preparation H ingredient for ingredient; at present, this means that nearly all of them contain shark liver oil.

For more information about the decimation of shark populations, watch the award winning documentary Sharkwater by Rob Stewart: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5B0C226E3A63B53C&search_query=sharkwater.

The Decision Makers

Jeffrey B. Kindler
Jeffrey B. Kindler
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board
Freda C. Lewis-Hall, M.D.
Freda C. Lewis-Hall, M.D.
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Mikael Dolsten
Mikael Dolsten
Senior Vice President & President, BioTherapeutics Research & Development
Martin Mackay
Martin Mackay
President, PharmaTherapeutics Research & Development
Sally Susman
Sally Susman
Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Worldwide Communications

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Petition created on March 11, 2010