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Are you paying more for some medicines marked up for children or with a picture of a youngster on the front? The PM programme has found that identical or very comparable medicines are being sold for higher prices when they are marketed for use by children, even though the adult, cheaper version is perfectly safe to use. Reporter Jon Manel brought two different types of medicines in to the studio to show presenter Carolyn Quinn. (Photo: Poorly child having her temperature taken in bed Credit: Thinkstock)
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