District Court sides with Industry on Dietary Supplement Substantiation

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A U.S. District judge New Jersey has ruled in United States v. Bayer Corporation that Bayer will not be held in contempt for alleged violations of a 2007 consent decree regarding the marketing of its Phillip’s Colon Health (PCH) product. The 2007 Consent Decree prohibited Bayer from “making any claim about the performance or efficacy of any dietary supplement, multivitamin or weight-control product unless, at the time Bayer makes the claim, the company possesses competent and reliable scientific evidence to support the claim.”  The current decision originates from a motion for an order to show cause filed by the Department…
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FDA Clears Device via De Novo Process

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On December 8, 2015, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) cleared for marketing in the United States a cooling cap to reduce hair loss in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.  Marketed under the name the DigniCap® Cooling System, the cooling cap is manufactured by Dignitana, a Swedish company making its first foray into the United States medical device market. After multiple clinical studies and extensive use in overseas markets, the DigniCap® scalp cooling system is the only such device to have completed an FDA-cleared multi-center clinical trial and is cleared for use with treatment regimens associated with breast cancer.…
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FDA “Natural” Food Labeling

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On November 12, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced that it is soliciting public comments on how the Agency should define the term “natural” and regulate its use in food labeling. The FDA has engaged the public’s input after receiving two Citizen Petitions requesting the agency take action on establishing a formal definition of the term “natural” for use in food labeling and one requesting asking that the agency prohibits the use of the term “natural” on food labels. The FDA also notes that this recent move is driven by recent private litigation surrounding the term “natural” in…
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