Natural Alternatives International secures another patent for beta-alanine
California-based Natural Alternatives International (NAI) has been granted a new patent covering sports nutrition ingredient beta alanine.
Archives for March 22, 2012
Companies avoid herbal medicine laws; but there is another way...
A number of companies in the UK are flouting the EU Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) in the belief that the risks of being reprimanded by regulators are outweighed by the profits that can be gleaned from the sale of unregistered...
Meta-analysis supports soy isoflavones efficacy against hot flashes
Isoflavones from soy may reduce the frequency of hot flashes by 21%, according to a meta-analysis of 17 clinical trials.
MEP Harkin on EU health claims:“It is very difficult to know where to go from here”
Irish MEP Marian Harkin said the European nutrition industry must look forward after a European Parliamentary committee yesterday rejected a bid to overturn a controversial, 222-strong health claims list.
SupplySide East transforms to SupplySide MarketPlace
After 14 years in Secaucus, New Jersey; SupplySide MarketPlace, formerly SupplySide East, moves to a larger exhibit hall space at the Jacobs Javits Center in New York City.
Expert: ‘Most of us know which labs are dry labs, or at least horrifically incompetent’
The analytical community knows which companies are involved in dry labbing, says a leading analytical expert, and the practices of a minority of labs are harming the whole industry.
LycoRed: ‘We are quite convinced Valensa/Parry are infringing our patents’
LycoRed has “very strong evidence” that Indian firm EID Parry and Valensa International – which distributes Parry's natural tomato lycopene in the US - are infringing three of its patents, its bosses have claimed.