GNC Supply Chain Reform Pays Dividends In DoJ Settlement From DMAA Investigation
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
DoJ announces a "non-prosecution agreement" that requires GNC to pay $2.25m and to cooperate in dietary supplement market investigations conducted by FDA and other federal agencies, including the current litigation against USPlabs.
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