CVS Pharmacy will start selling hemp-derived CBD products in eight states, according to NBC News. NBC quoted CVS Health Spokesperson Mike DeAngelis as saying, “We are carrying hemp-derived CBD products in select states to help meet consumer demand for alternative care options.” The products will be sold in Alabama, California,...
Irvine, CA—International Vitamin Corporation (IVC) announced in a press release that it formed a joint venture with GNC to integrate GNC’s Nutra manufacturing division into IVC’s operations. Nutra will be known as Nutra Manufacturing, LLC. Under the joint venture agreement, the press release said, IVC will assume control of manufacturing...
Secaucus, NJ—The Martin Bauer Group (MBG) announced the acquisition of BI Nutraceuticals in a press release this morning. The release says that the investment in BI Nutraceuticals will build on MBG’s local capabilities including R&D, formulations, and manufacturing. A distinction of the MBG’s portfolio is the responsible and diversified sourcing...
Austin, TX—In response to a survey showing consumer confusion surrounding beauty products, a press release says, Whole Foods Market will host the Whole Foods Market Beauty Swap on Saturday, March 30, as an effort to educate consumers about the ingredients found in common beauty and body care products. Consumers can...
New York—High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) caused mice predisposed to colon cancer to develop larger tumors, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian. And it doesn’t take much: The mice only consumed the equivalent of one can of soda per day. A press release from...
Washington, DC--Outgoing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb shared his thoughts on the the most efficient pathway to legalize CBD while speaking at a talk hosted by the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy and the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy at Brookings Institution. After his talk, Gottlieb was interviewed by...
San Francisco, CA—A federal jury in San Francisco found that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup was a substantial factor in causing the cancer of a California man. The Guardian reports that Edwin Hardeman of Santa Rosa was the first person to challenge Monsanto’s Roundup in a federal trial and alleged that...
Dieting is, generally speaking, a choice. Which diet a person chooses is, generally speaking, also a choice: People swear by every diet in the book, and, as every body is different, that only makes sense. The only exception is the gluten-free diet, which, for those suffering from celiac or gluten...
What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling products determined from unit sales at six natural products stores rotated from a base of selected stores. The intention is to provide indications of sales trends.
Washington, D.C.—Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s departure doesn’t seem to be slowing the FDA down any, if the spate of industry-affecting actions taken on the 19th means anything. The FDA posted a warning letter to Nutra Pharma Corp. for illegally marketing unapproved products with claims about their ability to treat addiction and...
