Marketing Claims Settlement. The people behind a heavily advertised dietary supplement called Focus Factor have agreed to a more than $1 million settlement with the government. Ads from Vital Basics, Inc. of Portland, Maine, promised that Focus Factor could improve a person's focus, memory, mood and concentration but the Federal … [Read more...]
Focus Factor Makers Settle Over Marketing Claims
FDA Warns Cosmetics Makers About Overstated Claims for Wrinkle Creams
FDA Warning The Industry About Wrinkle Creams. In a series of warning letters to cosmetics manufacturers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the industry about claims being made for wrinkle creams. Five warnings letters have been sent to companies since November, the latest of which addressed claims for … [Read more...]
Protein Powder Makers May be Spiking Their Products with Inferior Ingredients
Manufacturers Adding Low Quality Ingredients In Protein Powder. In an effort to cut manufacturing costs, some protein powder companies are adding less expensive ingredients that can trick a protein-content test into registering a higher protein concentration that the product actually has. The practice – called nitrogen spiking or … [Read more...]
PW represents Florida Man in Class-Action Against Makers of Exploding Toilets
Exploding Toilets A Very Serious Safety Threat. What may have seemed almost comical - reports of exploding toilets - is actually a very serious safety threat to consumers. The defective Series 503 Flushmate® III Pressure-Assist Flushing System has caused hundreds or more toilets across the country and in Canada to explode without … [Read more...]
Vytorin Makers Spent Millions on Medical Education
Vytorin Makers Spent Millions on Medical Education Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough, the makers of Vytorin, spent millions over the past four years to educate doctors about the latest treatments for heart disease, according to The Wall Street Journal. Critics of the pharmaceutical industry assert that marketing, not medical … [Read more...]
Vytorin Makers $41.5M Settlement
Vytorin Makers Class Action Settlement. Vytorin is a combination of Zetia and the statin Zocor. It has been under the microscope since the ENHANCE study was released in January 2008. ENHANCE found that the drug was no better than a cheaper, generic statin in preventing clogged arteries, and raised serious questions about the … [Read more...]
Baby Bottle Makers to Stop Using BPA
Baby Bottle Makers Under Tight Scrutiny. On the heels of Suffolk County’s announcement this week that legislative officials there voted to implement a bill to ban the controversial, toxic chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles and sippy cups, MSNBC is reporting that Connecticut’s attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, made … [Read more...]
