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‘Clear’ Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, New York, CRN Argue In Age-Restricted Sales Litigation
CRN’s request for clarification, as it continues litigating complaint in US District Court for Southern New York, highlights what it contends is vague and overly general language in the legislation passed in October with a 22 April effective date.
California Bill To Age-Restrict Sales Of Diet Pills Further Along Than Other States’ Legislation
CA, MA and NJ legislatures remain in session with bills active proposing regulations similar to NY law effective 22 April requiring retailers, including online, to ask for proof of age when customers buying consumer health products containing ingredients labeled or promoted for weight loss and bodybuilding benefits appear younger than 18.
CRN Has Standing For Steep Hill To Climb Challenging New York's Age-Restricted Sales
Federal judge finds “misreading of the legislation” in CRN’s argument that state “restricts access based purely on what has been said about the product or its ingredients.” But standing to challenge “means that only CRN is positioned right now to go before the court on behalf of industry,” says CEO Steve Mister.
Latest From Legislation & Wellness
‘Clear’ Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, New York, CRN Argue In Age-Restricted Sales Litigation
CRN’s request for clarification, as it continues litigating complaint in US District Court for Southern New York, highlights what it contends is vague and overly general language in the legislation passed in October with a 22 April effective date.
California Bill To Age-Restrict Sales Of Diet Pills Further Along Than Other States’ Legislation
CA, MA and NJ legislatures remain in session with bills active proposing regulations similar to NY law effective 22 April requiring retailers, including online, to ask for proof of age when customers buying consumer health products containing ingredients labeled or promoted for weight loss and bodybuilding benefits appear younger than 18.
CRN Has Standing For Steep Hill To Climb Challenging New York's Age-Restricted Sales
Federal judge finds “misreading of the legislation” in CRN’s argument that state “restricts access based purely on what has been said about the product or its ingredients.” But standing to challenge “means that only CRN is positioned right now to go before the court on behalf of industry,” says CEO Steve Mister.
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Latest From Deals & Wellness
Japan's Rohto Snaps Up TCM Specialist To Grow In Asia
In a deal worth around $600m, Rohto Pharmaceutical is poised to expand its dietary supplements offering in Southeast Asia through the acquisition of a controlling stake in Singapore's Eu Yan Sang.
Herbalife Executives' Investments Spark Uptick In Share Price After Results Send Stock Plummeting
Since closing at a 14-year low of $8.07 the day of the execs’ transactions, Herbalife shares trend steadily up from close of $8.26 on 20 February to $8.83 on 29 February. Some execs sell back some shares on 25 February at $8.67.
C&D Investors, Analysts Not On Same Page
Share price’s recent ride doesn’t track with analysts’ regard for C&D’s results and outlook.
Latest From Business Strategies & Wellness
Qunol Acquisition Gets Sanofi CHC Off To Flying Start
Sanofi CHC sales up 9% in Q1 driven by addition of US healthy aging supplement brand Qunol. Separately, the Paris-based firm has reached an agreement in principle to resolve the vast majority of Zantac personal injury state court cases in the US.
US Consumer Health Market People News: Herbalife, Seed Health, Electrolit, Atlas Bars, More
Seed Health microbiome firm adds medical chief; Veteran CPG executive leads Atlas Bar; Recover Sports connects with QB Murray; Electrolit green flags F1 driver O’Ward; Herbalife scores with Galaxy’s Puig; global sales lead for BioPhotas; and Nutritional product business investment firm adds executive staff.
Reckitt Sees R&D Investment Translate To Volume Growth
R&D investments behind consumer health brands such as Nurofen and Durex pay off for Reckitt in Q1 as it sees volume growth across majority of portfolio.
Latest From Sales & Earnings & Wellness
Qunol Acquisition Gets Sanofi CHC Off To Flying Start
Sanofi CHC sales up 9% in Q1 driven by addition of US healthy aging supplement brand Qunol. Separately, the Paris-based firm has reached an agreement in principle to resolve the vast majority of Zantac personal injury state court cases in the US.
Reckitt Sees R&D Investment Translate To Volume Growth
R&D investments behind consumer health brands such as Nurofen and Durex pay off for Reckitt in Q1 as it sees volume growth across majority of portfolio.
Probiotics And Cold Remedies Boost Recordati In 2023
Italy's Recordati saw its OTC sales grow by 10% in 2023 driven by the recovery of the cough & cold market and a growing demand for probiotics.
Latest From Legal Issues & Wellness
Ordinary Marketing Or Consumer Trap? Talking ‘Dark Patterns’ With Attorney Lauren Aronson
Whether called “dark patterns,” “shady” online marketing practices, or simply deception on the internet, the issue has taken on high importance at the US Federal Trade Commission and is being tackled by new laws in a growing number of states. Amin Talati Wasserman partner Lauren Aronson discusses in this interview with HBW Insight.
FTC Might Need More Illumination On Proposed Rule For Online Consumer Product Reviews
BBB National Programs found FTC’s proposed Trade Regulation Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials largely effective with some certainty on whether product reviews or customer testimonials are violations of its false advertising standards. But it =expects some clarifications may come in final rule.
FTC Gives Stage To Critics And Champions Of Online Consumer Product Reviews, Testimonials
Speakers scheduled for hearing are Fake Review Watch, which says it’s “dedicated to exposing the massive corruption of online consumer review platforms”; University of California-Davis researchers who found widespread fraud; and Interactive Advertising Bureau, which says its members account for 86% of online advertising expenditures in the US.
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Latest From Launches & Wellness
Abbott's ‘Bedrock Of Good Health’ Nutritionals Business Faces Mounting Infant Formula Litigation
Nutritional product business had 5.1% Q1 sales growth and is like Abbott’s other segments, “super well-aligned to the global demographics and trends in health care,” says CEO Ford. But as it defends complaints of damages from powder formulas made at facility found with unsafe levels of bacterial contaminants, Abbott’s also targeted in litigation alleging failure to warn about risk of infants born prematurely developing necrotizing enterocolitis if fed cow’s milk-based formula.
Marinomed Takes Virus-Blocking Device Into Allergy And Dry Eye Categories
Virus-blocking compound Carragelose, out-licensed to major consumer health players such as Perrigo and Reckitt for use in OTC respiratory nasal sprays, is being adapted for use in the dry eye and allergy categories.
US Health And Wellness People News: Blumenthal Award, Bayer, Bucked Up, Applied Nutrition, CRN
CRN adds education, events director; Mark Blumenthal award to David Winston; Heidebreicht heads Applied Nutrition in North America; Bucked Up Anime Line has character; and change at Bayer US pharma communications.
Latest From Ad Campaigns & Wellness
EU Firms To Pre-Approve Green Claims Or Face Minimum 4% Annual Turnover Fine
Exclusion from procurement processes, confiscation of revenues, and a fine of at least 4% of annual turnover are some of the penalties the European Parliament is considering for greenwashing as part of its position on the EU Green Claims Directive.
BrainMD Latest To Target GLP-1 Secretion, AllerPops Promotes Prebiotics As Allergy Remedy
Line extension for physician’s brand BrainMD intends to support secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1; research shows AllerPops prebiotic lozenges improved rhinitis allergy symptoms significantly; and Nutramax Laboratories developing Practitioner Formulas supplements with health care professionals.
Kenvue Prioritizes Growing 15 Brands In Pivot To Recovering Marketplace Prominence
Kenvue’s plans to drive sales include re-introducing brands to consumers and making “priority” of 15 brands, most in self care. “Overall, the execution of our recovery plan in the fourth quarter fell short of expectations,” says CEO Thibaut Mongon.
Latest From Ad Complaints & Wellness
ChromaDex Ordered To Pay Elysium’s Attorney Fees
“So lacking in substance that it ‘stands out’ from the dozens of [patent infringement] challenges I have encountered as a judge in the last five years,” says Colm Connolly, Delaware district chief judge. His ruling doesn’t end the firms’ litigation as related cases continue in federal courts in California and New York.
Jurors' Answers In FTC's Prevagen Complaint Might Burst A Memory Bubble For Health Claims
“No” answers in New York federal court on whether all but two of Prevagen claims were “materially misleading” could put a fork in the road of a long dispute between FTC and supplement product manufacturers and marketers.
MLM Group Not Buying FTC Executive’s Concerns About Its Income Disclosure Guidance
FTC Division of Marketing Practices assistant director concerned direct selling self-regulation group’s guidance “will encourage deceptive conduct and facilitate deceptive earnings claims.” DSA president says the concerns might reflect the thinking of agency’s staff more than the intent of the agency’s regulations.
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