LiQuid bought by large pharmaceutical company

[MrDJ]

posted on UKV

not going to have an effect on prices but will allow them to do all testing in house and ensure a top quality product..

Thornton & Ross , over the counter medicine specialists bought them

Thornton and Ross are owned by STADA so despite themselves not being a massive company they are owned by a multi billion pharma co, so not phizer levels of big but still pretty big and massive in so far as eliquid companies go.

a chat with the owner and tour of the factory starts at 18.25

 

[bijou]

It was only a matter of time before Pharma got involved in vaping. First it was the tobacco companies, now them.

 

[SirLugg]

Edited:

While I somewhat understand why they've done this, and I agree that they're ahead of the curve in most respects I think that bringing big pharmaceutical into the industry and giving them a foothold in the industry, especially with a company that deals in such volumes as LiQuid, will potentially open floodgates for something much worse.

Not impressed.

 

[scottishvapehead_1]

Saw this over on UKV earlier, could be a good or a bad thing, only time will tell.

 

[Muck777]

I'd guess that the idea is that it'll be the end of the £6 for 10ml in the corner shop, which I think is a good thing for vapers.

 

[johnnylager]

LiQuid. Li2Quid. Li3Quid. Victory LiQuid. Bellyfeel.

 

[jjde]

I'd guess that the idea is that it'll be the end of the £6 for 10ml in the corner shop, which I think is a good thing for vapers.

and the start of £6 for 10ml because of monopolisation and vape taxes. I'm a glass half empty kinda guy

 

[Muck777]

and the start of £6 for 10ml because of monopolisation and vape taxes. I'm a glass half empty kinda guy

Can you really see a monopoly happening in the corner shop market?

I can't.

 

[jjde]

Can you really see a monopoly happening in the corner shop market?

I can't.

Go into a cornershop and ask for their own homemade lemonade. Now ask for a coke, a fanta or a sprite.

That's market dominance/monopolisation (and soon taxes because of the sugar tax) in the cornershop market for you. This acquisition shows that vaping is taking its baby steps in that direction.

 

[Muck777]

Go into a cornershop and ask for their own homemade lemonade. Now ask for a coke, a fanta or a sprite.

I think we need to compare it to tobacco, and I don't know of any corner shops who make their own tobacco or juice.

Over the decades there has never been one outright winner selling tobacco products in corner shops, and I doubt it'll happen with juice either.