Salt Lake City, UT — The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) has announced that Verdure Sciences, based in Noblesville, IN will be returning as an executive member and Sirio Pharma Co. Ltd., headquartered in Shantou, Guangdong, China, with a U.S. office in Oakbrook Terrace, IL is joining its ranks as...
New Brunswick, NJ—Natreon Inc., the maker of Sensoril ashwagandha, based here, has filed a lawsuit against Ixoreal Biomed Inc., Los Angeles, CA, maker of KSM-66 ashwagandha and its parent company Shri Kartikeya Pharma, Ltd., Hyberadad, India, for false advertising, unfair competition and trade libel, among other counts. The complaint was...
Fort Lauderdale, FL; Irvine, CA—Astaxanthin suppliers ArcticFarma and BGG have settled a trademark infringement issue that is leading to the rebranding of BGG’s algae business. The two companies marketed similarly named brands: Algae Life Sciences from BGG, and Algalife and Algae for Life from ArcticFarma. ArcticFarma’s CEO Andrew Jacobson, stated,...
New York, NY—On June 27-28, the American Conference Institute (ACI) in collaboration with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) hosted the fourth annual “Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements.” The forum, which addressed new class action threats, enforcement activities by the state and federal government, state GMO laws, Prop...
