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Len Monheit Off The Cuff By len on 1/30/2009 11:17 AM
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What's Coming at FDA?
Marc Ullman FYI Blog By marc on 1/26/2009 3:46 PM
I'm a little concerned about what I found while working on an article trying to predict what dietary supplement regulation might look like under the Obama Administration.
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Mantra Mantra Mantra -- Los Angeles Times Article September 3, 2008
Jim Lassiter -- Good News/Bad News By Jim Lassiter on 9/3/2008 5:00 PM
We all have our Mantras. Time to take a look at them -- wait this is easier -- read the Consumer Confidential column in the Sep 3, 2008 edition of the Los Angeles Times -- it's available on-line. Then consider the messages it does convey to us rather than dismiss it as "another one of those articles."
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Long Hot Summer Review
Jim Lassiter -- Good News/Bad News By Jim Lassiter on 8/19/2008 6:03 PM
The sweltering days of Summer are beginning to fade. What did this Summer bring? Not much. Apart from the usual round of recalls over "male enhancement" products -- the whole of industry and our governing agencies seemed a bit lethargic. Still . . . .
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RECALL
Marc Ullman FYI Blog By marc on 7/30/2008 10:52 AM
Is there any end to the recalls of “sexual enhancement” supplements in sight? Isn't it about time to put a stop to this.
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Fate of Leiner To Have Cascade Effect
Len Monheit Off The Cuff By len on 6/6/2008 7:51 AM
Earlier this week, word began circulating that NBTY either had acquired or at least had certainly placed a $230 million bid for the assets of Leiner Health Products. This Monday we'll find out if NBTY has won the bidding or if other buyers have emerged. Should NBTY complete the acquisition, their power in the market increases substantially. In any case, one can be sure that the creditors currently on the hook for many millions of dollars are watching....not so patiently.
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BAYER THROWS DOWN A GAUNTLET, WHAT WILL FDA DO?
Marc Ullman FYI Blog By marc on 5/20/2008 3:37 PM
On October 16, 2001 FDA sent Warning Letters to two companies marketing combination dietary supplement/OTC drug products, stating that those products were “unapproved new drugs” and requesting “corrective action” within 15 days. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer Healthcare, LLC has recently launched a combination aspirin phytosterol product. Have the rules changed?
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Benefits of Being a Vagabond -- You get to Read Other People's Newspapers
Jim Lassiter -- Good News/Bad News By Jim Lassiter on 5/14/2008 10:45 AM
When you get free newspapers delivered to your door -- you tend to read them. In the May 14 edition of the New York Times an article appeared summarizing the continuing issues with getting money to the FDA and how a bunch is apparently on its way.
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WHO NEEDS COMPETITION ANYWAY?
Marc Ullman FYI Blog By marc on 5/9/2008 2:03 PM
On May 2nd, a United States District Court judge certified a class action against Glaxo Smith Klein (“GSK”). That case has something in common with GSK’s recent Citizen’s Petition aimed at forcing weight loss dietary supplements of the market.
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Havoc looms in patent and trademark law
Marc Ullman FYI Blog By marc on 5/6/2008 1:59 PM
An article in this morning's New York Times suggested that almost every patent decision (the same issue applies to trademark disputes) that had been in dispute at the US Patent and Trademark Office may be unconstitutional. It seems that a minor change in the law in 1999 may wreak havoc with your intellectual property.
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It Isn't Paranoia if They Really Are Out To Get You
Jim Lassiter -- Good News/Bad News By Jim Lassiter on 5/2/2008 12:52 PM
The latest evidence from the actions of a pharma company should give one pause. There is a legitimate danger ahead and we need to be more than naïve about the future. If you think restrictions on weight loss claims would be bad -- what about restrictions on CALCIUM claims?
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A Suitcase Nuke from Big Pharma -- Just In Time for Spring
Jim Lassiter -- Good News/Bad News By Jim Lassiter on 4/25/2008 3:13 PM
One of the members of the entity we like to call "Big Pharma" just sent a citizen's petition to FDA. This has the potential affect roughly the size of a small nuclear device on this industry. Want to find out more? Read on.
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