Same Brands, Different Defendant In Puerto Rico Spiked-Supplement Charges
Executive Summary
Some unlawful products businessman Sameer Bani is accused of selling are branded with same names and contained same undisclosed APIs as products the US Attorney's Office for Puerto Rico seized in 2018 from four defendants following a separate investigation by FDA.
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