By Jim Lassiter on
8/19/2008 6:03 PM
The sweltering days of Summer are beginning to fade. What did this Summer bring? Not much. Apart from the usual round of recalls over "male enhancement" products -- the whole of industry and our governing agencies seemed a bit lethargic. Still . . . .
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By Jim Lassiter on
5/14/2008 10:45 AM
When you get free newspapers delivered to your door - you tend to read them. In the May 14 edition of the New York Times an article appeared summarizing the continuing issues with getting money to the FDA and how a bunch is apparently on its way.
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By Jim Lassiter on
5/2/2008 12:52 PM
The latest evidence from the actions of a pharma company should give one pause. There is a legitimate danger ahead and we need to be more than naïve about the future. If you think restrictions on weight loss claims would be bad -- what about restrictions on CALCIUM claims?
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By Jim Lassiter on
4/25/2008 3:13 PM
One of the members of the entity we like to call "Big Pharma" just sent a citizen's petition to FDA. This has the potential affect roughly the size of a small nuclear device on this industry. Want to find out more? Read on.
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By Jim Lassiter on
4/15/2008 10:21 AM
The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration just initiated a kind of weekly Blog within the FDA Website. You really ought to see what his first posting said. Or you can read the summary here.
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By Jim Lassiter on
2/29/2008 12:33 PM
This last is a series of three spews about words and the impact they have on our industry points to some other definitional issues we, as an industry, would have if we were paying attention.
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By Jim Lassiter on
1/17/2008 2:20 PM
This is the second of three installments concerning words, language, identification and how these simple tools affect our industry, the direction it is headed and current situations involving our industry.
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By Jim Lassiter on
1/16/2008 11:52 PM
This is the first of a new series that talks about words and how their use affects this industry and what we should be aware of as an industry going forward. That is -- before the words we can use are chosen for us.
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By Jim Lassiter on
9/5/2007 9:49 PM
Amazing what this last summer brought. Here's a little reminder that out here in the Wild Wild West -- sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it -- plus a little bonus.
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