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4th Circuit: Pearson SAMe case unripe

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw jumped the gun when they sued the FDA for declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the agency from stopping them from publishing a US government study on the effectiveness of SAMe...

Who Really Needs DSHEA?

Many supplement makers do not need DSHEA, argues Wes Siegner, Esq. of the law firm Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. In this article published at the Natural Products Insider web site, Siegner suggests that many supplement products on the market today could be...

Industry hails bill on adverse events reporting

Senate bill 3546, the Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act, sponsored by Republican Senator Orrin Hatch and Democrat Senators Tom Harkin and Dick Durbin, looks like it is headed for the fast track to passage in Congress, reports this...

Ephedra: safe and effective for weight loss.

The wisdom of the FDA ban on ephedra has again been called into question, this time by a double-blind placebo controlled study published in the International Journal of Obesity. The study is entitled “Multinutrient supplement containing ephedra and caffeine...