Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

CHPA adds Allgaier to head development, relations; Vetere joins Herbalife as VP, CIO; Hahn's FDA commissioner nomination clears HELP committee; and AHPA's McGuffin recognized as 2019 Industry Leader.

Perrigo "walked away a little bit" from "a model that worked beautifully," says CEO Murray Kessler at investor conference, "In essence, all we've done over the last year is to put back in place the model that worked so well."

Cannabidiol (CBD) represents an intriguing opportunity for cosmetics, without the statutory obstacles faced by food and dietary supplement companies. Cosmetics marketers are taking advantage, but the FDA’s recent warning letter blitz is a reminder that CBD-infused beauty products are bound by the same rules that apply to other cosmetics.

Federal preemption of state and local requirements that differ from federal mandates came up repeatedly at the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee’s 4 December cosmetics hearing. Meanwhile, both NGO and industry stakeholders generally support FDA review of cosmetic ingredients, but the details of such a framework likely will be contentious as work progresses.

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone underscores FDA’s lack of resources and insufficient “regulatory tools” in a memo to Health Subcommittee members going into a 4 December hearing on cosmetics safety issues. The committee’s last hearing on the subject was in 2012 when Pallone unveiled the first version of his Cosmetics Safety Enhancement Act.

Manufacturers of hair finishing sprays, no-rinse shampoos and personal fragrance products – eg, perfumes, colognes and body sprays – face significant reformulation challenges under a draft proposal from California’s Air Resources Board that contemplates fewer category impacts, but deeper VOC cuts, compared with previous considerations to help meet state-wide pollution-reduction goals.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Herbalife opens 9,200 square-foot training facility in China; GOED's latest annual market report, covering 2017-2018, is available; ChromaDex has two-tear exclusivity for nicotinamide riboside chloride in Australia; and A.S. Research arthritis claims for Synovia end in FTC settlement.

CHPA adds Allgaier to head development, relations; Vetere joins Herbalife as VP, CIO; Hahn's FDA commissioner nomination clears HELP committee; and AHPA's McGuffin recognized as 2019 Industry Leader.

So full of errors were the firm's online ads for its Plavinol supplement, the National Advertising Division noted support for some claims contained "many of the same flaws" as others. The prevalence of problems prompted NAD to go outside its "scope of review" and note unclear instructions on Plavinol labels.

Herbalife opens 9,200 square-foot training facility in China; GOED's latest annual market report, covering 2017-2018, is available; ChromaDex has two-tear exclusivity for nicotinamide riboside chloride in Australia; and A.S. Research arthritis claims for Synovia end in FTC settlement.

Africa represents a new frontier for health and beauty firms. With significant economic growth and a population explosion forecast for the continent, now is the perfect time to start thinking about the Africa opportunity, market expert Ben Longman told the recent Ceuta International Conference.