Dietary Supplements, Cosmetics, Medical Devices – Why Substantiating Claims Matters
Substantiating claims matters whenever you bring a dietary supplement, cosmetic (or skin care product), or medical device to market - why?
4 Ways to Minimize the Risk of an FDA, FTC or Private Plaintiff, Healthcare Fraud Label When Marketing Healthcare Products
Whenever you market a healthcare product, beware of potential FDA and FTC enforcement as well as private plaintiffs who can sue for false advertising, unfair competition, deceptive and misleading [...]
FTC Slams Fat Burning, Calorie-Blocking and Body Slimming Marketing
Would you like to lose weight without diet or exercise, by a magical fat-burning, calorie-busting, body-slimming dietary supplement or cream? Here's how.......
Will FDA Act if You Link Dietary Supplement Claims to Testimonials or Scientific References?
Can a dietary supplement company link to scientific references that show that that the dietary supplement product is effective in treating a disease such as cancer, diabetes, or hypertension?
Which disruptive healthcare innovations will push medical frontiers in the next 5 years?
Pundits prognosticate, but how do we measure a future for healthcare when every trend morphs asymptotically?
The Next Healthcare Revolution is Inside You: Wearable Health Tech Legal & Regulatory Issues Will Astound Us
If you want to know where the next healthcare revolution will come from, look inside. Physical medicine becomes virtual medicine, becomes mobile healthcare, becomes wearable health and then [...]
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Herbal Supplements Investigated for Misbranding and Adulteration
New York's Attorney General initiated the investigation against major retailers of herbal supplements, based on DNA testing of plant materials suggesting contaminants, and mislabeling; was the [...]
9 Keys to Managing Risk of FTC enforcement (especially with anti-aging and weight loss claims)
If you market your healthcare products, FTC enforcement can stop your sales in their tracks. All it takes is a search - yes, good old keywords - and you're in line for significant penalties for [...]
Weight Loss Products FTC Weighs In
You could burn 50 calories just by reading this blog post. Or not. But if you sell a weight loss product with false, deceptive, and misleading claims, you'll burn a lot more calories when the [...]
Do HCG Weight Loss Products Work? FTC Cracks Down on Homeopathic HCG Drops
Recently a physician called me, raving about HCG for weight loss, letting me know he recommends HCG to all his obese patients, because he lost over 150 pounds on HCG. "The scientific evidence is [...]
