The herbal supplements industry could be losing interest in weight
loss, judging by the drop off in product launches since the start
of 2005, writes Jess Halliday.
The fall out over ephedra continues, as Metabolife files for
chapter 11 bankruptcy and Ideasphere swoops in with a $23 million
bid for its assets, reports Jess Halliday.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has
thrown out a $4.1 million jury award against Metabolife, the
embattled former producer of ephedra-based Metabolife 356, ruling
that insufficient scientific evidence was...
San Diego-based supplement maker Metabolife and its founder
yesterday (Tuesday) denied having lied to the FDA about the safety
of the now banned supplement ephedra, which was said to encourage
weight loss.
Supplement maker Metabolife, a name strongly associated with the
weight loss herbal ephedra, has launched a new appetite
suppressant, free of both ephedra and caffeine.
Nutritional supplement maker Metabolife has issued a statement
responding to calls for an investigation into reports of
side-effects caused by its ephedra products.
The US Food and Drug Administration calls for a criminal
investigation into Metabolife over the safety of some of the
company's ephedra-based diet products.
Metabolife, the US-based dietary supplement maker, is being
investigated by the Internal Revenue Service amid allegations that
it has been evading income tax payments.
