Pharmavite LLC, Northridge, CA, has responded to a challenge from the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council for Better Business Bureaus regarding the company’s Prenatal Multi + DHA.
At the request of FDA, U.S. Marshals seized a range of consumer products, including creams, capsules, tablets, gum, throat spray and shampoos from a Haywood, WI-based manufacturer Beehive Botanicals on March 31.
Baby Boomers are getting older and are beginning to experience some of the aches and pains of aging, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
Walgreens has agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle FTC charges the company deceptively advertised its Wal-Born line of dietary supplements, which claimed it could prevent colds, fight germs and boost the immune system.
Designing and implementing a scientific and organizational quality system for the botanical and dietary supplement industry will be a necessary requirement for those companies that want to be successful in the future.
The goal of any delivery system is to improve bioavailability, enhance absorption and protect the contents of a formulation, but it can also provide a point of differentiation for products too.
The market is still booming and the future looks bright, as the latest beverages to be tapped as delivery systems for a variety of nutraceutical ingredients are unveiled.
In response to consumer demand, product formulators have created a new generation of nutraceutical delivery systems that are catching on, but still require further validation.