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Antioxidants | Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals | Regulations | Regulatory News | Vitamins
Disappearing Act: The Battle Over Dietary Supplement Ingredients and the Drug Exclusion Provision
Increasingly, FDA has used this ‘race to market’ language of DSHEA to prevent or remove safe and legitimate dietary ingredients from commerce.By James J. Gormley, Gormley NPI Consulting 03.16.23
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Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Medical Nutrition | Regulations
California’s COVID Misinformation Law, AB 2098, Spurs Fight Over Physician Freedom of Speech
The law sets a troubling precedent for anything outside the relatively narrow scope of conventional medical consensus.By Erik Goldman, Holistic Primary Care 02.16.23
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Contract Manufacturing | Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals
Manufacturing Herbal Supplements for a Demanding Market
Strong relationships between contract manufacturers and their suppliers and clients support innovation and help meet growing consumer demand.By Michael McGuffin, President, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) 02.10.23
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Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals | Mood Health & Sleep | Quality & Safety | Regulations
Common Sense Solutions to Regulating Cannabis and CBD
Blake Ebersole, president and founder of NaturPro Scientific tells the ‘honest and unvarnished truth’ to his clients.By Sheldon Baker, Baker Dillon / Area Code 420 02.09.23
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Healthcare Trends | Regulations | World Markets
A Bottleneck in Certification of Medical Devices Could Impact Patient Care in the EU
A proposed extension for the implementation period of new regulation might help, but companies need to be diligent.By Joerg Gruenwald, analyze & realize GmbH 01.20.23
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Dietary Supplements | Regulations
Critiquing FTC’s New Health Products Compliance Guidance
The agency is acting like an overbearing parent, undermining its credibility by promulgating stringent regulations via suggestion without input from industry.By Todd Harrison, Partner, and Melanie English, Associate, Venable 01.12.23
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Dietary Supplements | Regulations | World Markets
Battles That Have United the Natural Products Industry—and Those Which Have Not
Looking back at the Vitamin Volstead Act, DSHEA, Codex, the AER Bill, and MPLsBy James J. Gormley, Gormley NPI Consulting 01.06.23
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Dietary Supplements | Minerals | Mood Health & Sleep | Proteins, Peptides, Amino Acids
Formulating for Calm: Drink, Breathe, Relax
Cheryl Accardi, founder and president of Anxiety Aide, developed a natural solution for a common concern.By Sheldon Baker 12.01.22
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Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals | Quality & Safety | Regulations | Testing
BAPP Program Advances ‘Burn It, Don’t Return It’ Policies to Cut Herb Adulteration
The finalized SOP document represents the first set of best practices specifically focused on how to deal with defective raw materials.By Erik Goldman, Holistic Primary Care 12.01.22
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Dietary Supplements | Medical Nutrition | Regulations
Medical Foods and Clinical Nutrition Can Improve Patient Care While Saving Healthcare Costs
Growth in this class of products will accelerate due to a growing elderly population and increased prevalence of diet-related diseases.By Greg Stephens, Windrose Partners, and Sandy Bigelow, Vanguard Associates 11.07.22
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Cosmeceuticals / Nutricosmetics | Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Herbs & Botanicals | Skin Health
Cannabinoids and Application Potential for Beauty and Personal Care
Emerging research and industry trends point to a bright future for a full range of cannabis derived ingredients, and a host of health benefits.By Sheldon Baker 11.07.22
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Functional Foods & Beverages | Healthcare Trends | Nutrition Bars & Snacks | Regulations
What’s ‘Healthy’? FDA Issues Proposed Rule to Update Definition
The expansion of what may be considered an implied claim could affect how manufacturers market their products.By Todd Harrison and Richard A. Starr, Venable 11.07.22
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Healthcare Trends | Regulations | Research | World Markets
Digital Trends in Clinical Trial Models: Wearable Devices and Health Apps Offer High Value
While most devices are marketed as lifestyle gadgets, they are equipped with powerful biosensors that offer great potential for clinical research.By Joerg Gruenwald, Co-Founder, analyze & realize GmbH 10.19.22
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Functional Foods & Beverages | Herbs & Botanicals
Sparkling Hemp Beverages: A Rhythm for All Day-Parts
Co-Founder and CEO Ian Monat discusses his company’s functional formulations and the various use-cases for CBD.By Sheldon Baker 10.03.22
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Dietary Supplements | Quality & Safety | Regulations
N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) and the Unknown Insurance Risk
Bolton & Company has developed a solution to mitigate uncertainty and risk through a partnership with the Natural Products Association.By Chris Morey, Associate Vice President, Bolton & Company 09.22.22
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Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals | Quality & Safety | Testing | Weight Management/Weight Loss
Did White Mulberry Leaf Kill Loretta McClintock? There’s Good Reason to Be Skeptical
Morus alba has a long history of safe use in TCM, and the evidence implicating this herb with the death of a Congressman’s wife is inconclusive at best.By Erik Goldman, Holistic Primary Care 09.20.22
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Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals | Quality & Safety | Regulations
Is It Time for a ‘New FDA’ to Regulate Food and Dietary Supplements?
Proposed legislation aims to create a new agency that would assume responsibilities for the regulation of food and dietary supplements currently held by FDA.By Michael McGuffin, President, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) 09.13.22
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Dietary Supplements | Regulations
‘Prohibited Acts’ Provision Could Be Used to Target Law-Abiding Companies & Legit Dietary Ingredients
On the surface, mandatory product listing sounds like a reasonable idea, but there’s more to consider.By Todd Harrison, Partner, Venable 09.08.22
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Herbs & Botanicals | Quality & Safety | Regulations | World Markets
CBD and Cannabis Products in the EU: Confusion Continues
EFSA wants more data before it can make a conclusion about the safety of CBD as a food ingredient.By Joerg Gruenwald, Co-Founder, analyze & realize GmbH 09.08.22
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Delivery & Dosage Technologies | Dietary Supplements | Medical Nutrition
A Dietitian’s Perspective on Nutrition Knowledge and Keeping an Open Mind
Dietitians are now in almost every company and play an integral role in helping develop new products, marketing and educational support, and more.By Karen Todd, RD, CSCS, EP-C, CISSN, Vice President of Global Brand Marketing, Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., Inc. 09.08.22
