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Consumer Trends | Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Medical Nutrition
Grow Your Nutritional Business through Effective Market Research
Experts offer advice for developing a well-informed market research plan that addresses your goals.By Gregory Stephens, Windrose Partners, & Jim Dorsch 09.07.17
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Contract Manufacturing | Dietary Supplements | Quality & Safety | Regulations
Current Good Manufacturing Practices & the Private-Label Distributor
PLDs are responsible for products introduced into interstate commerce and must ensure compliance with federal requirements.By Todd Harrison, Venable 09.07.17
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Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Herbs & Botanicals | Regulations | World Markets
De-Harmonization Complicates Market Access to Europe
A lack of health claims and upper limits for vitamins and minerals has affected innovation and business.By Joerg Gruenwald, analyze & realize ag 09.07.17
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Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals | Quality & Safety | Testing
Partnership to Assess Accuracy of DNA Testing in Herbal Products
Information to help industry understand the effectiveness of currently available DNA technologies for herbal identification.By Maged Sharaf, PhD, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) 09.07.17
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Cognitive Function | Healthcare Trends | Healthy Aging
Non-Pathological Cognitive Aging: What Do We Know?
Age-related changes in cognitive function vary across life cycle stages.By Dilip Ghosh, PhD, FACN, nutriConnect 07.05.17
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Healthcare Trends | Quality & Safety | Sports Nutrition
Product Liability Insurance Challenges Remain in Sports Nutrition
Historical issues and concern over ‘the next ephedra’ diminish insurer confidence.By Greg Doherty, Bolton & Company 07.05.17
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Consumer Trends | Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Medical Nutrition | Natural/Organic | Quality & Safety
Now, More Than Ever, Quality Counts!
Practitioner brands must deal with an absence of consensus on the criteria that define optimal quality.By Erik Goldman, Holistic Primary Care 07.05.17
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Consumer Trends | Digestive Health | Immune Function | Medical Nutrition
Unfolding the Interrelationship Between GI Health & Immunity
Diet and nutritional status are vitally connected to the immune and gastrointestinal systems.By Gregory Stephens, Windrose Partners, & Sheila Campbell, PhD, RD 06.02.17
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Dietary Supplements | Regulations | Research
Understanding FTC Standards for Claims Substantiation
Randomized clinical trials aren’t the only source of competent and reliable scientific evidence.By Todd Harrison, Venable 06.02.17
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Herbs & Botanicals | Medical Nutrition | Regulations | World Markets
New Medical Device Regulation Update
Marketers should prepare to upgrade their substance-based products, or evaluate what other options exist.By Joerg Gruenwald, analyze & realize ag 06.02.17
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Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Medical Nutrition
Are We at The End of the ‘Integrative Medicine’ Era?
Pioneers of this movement have helped legitimize ‘alternative’ medicine.By Erik Goldman, Holistic Primary Care 05.01.17
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Cosmeceuticals / Nutricosmetics | Dietary Supplements | Medical Nutrition | Quality & Safety | Regulations
Product Liability Insurance: Challenges in a Converging Product Market
Blurring lines between health and wellness products makes pricing for insurance tricky.By Greg Doherty, Bolton & Company 05.01.17
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Cognitive Function | Fatty Acids | Herbs & Botanicals
Food to Feed the Brain
Nutrients influence cognition by acting on vital molecular systems or cellular processes.By Dilip Ghosh, PhD, FACN, nutriConnect 05.01.17
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Diabetes & Blood Sugar Management | Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Medical Nutrition
Weighty Matters: Implications for Repeal of the Affordable Care Act
Based on current trends, obesity-related medical costs could increase to $256 billion by 2030.Greg Stephens, Windrose Partners, & Sheila Campbell, PhD, RD 04.03.17
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Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Quality & Safety | Regulations
Political Disruption Presents Opportunity for Industry
How can the regulatory framework be improved in order to benefit business and consumers?Todd Harrison, Venable 04.03.17
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Dietary Supplements | Functional Foods & Beverages | Green Foods | Healthcare Trends | Herbs & Botanicals | Regulations | World Markets
Alternatives to Botanical EFSA Health Claims
Companies find new ways to innovate without formally approved claims.Joerg Gruenwald, analyze & realize ag 04.03.17
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Cardiovascular Health | Dietary Supplements | Herbs & Botanicals | Mood Health & Sleep | Quality & Safety | Research
Research on Curcumin, Ginkgo, Chamomile, Pomegranate and More
The following summarizes recent research on botanicals and plant compounds.Maged Sharaf, PhD, American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) 04.03.17
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Consumer Trends | Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Medical Nutrition | Regulations
Healthcare Under Trump: What Can the Practitioner Channel Expect?
It remains to be seen how the new administration will treat the nutrition industry, but here’s what we know.Erik Goldman, Holistic Primary Care 03.01.17
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Dietary Supplements | Healthcare Trends | Quality & Safety | Regulations
Dietary Supplement Insurance: Trends & Tips for 2017
Costs for product liability insurance are relatively low. Here’s some advice to reduce your costs and protect your company.Greg Doherty, Bolton & Company 03.01.17
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Cognitive Function | Delivery & Dosage Technologies | Dietary Supplements | Digestive Health | Healthcare Trends | Healthy Aging | Immune Function | Inflammation | Probiotics & Prebiotics | Research
Influencing the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Through Diet
Dietary components have serious implications for microbiota composition and health.Dilip Ghosh, PhD, FACN, nutriConnect 03.01.17
