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FDA releases limited guidance for social media use
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- January 20 2012
After months of waiting by the pharmaceutical industry, the Food and Drug Administration quietly released its “Guidance for Industry Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices” in the Federal Register
Pepsi’s blog yanked after backlash
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- July 26 2010
After a backlash from members of the scientific community, a science blog aggregator site pulled a Pepsi-sponsored food nutrition blog
FDA seeks comment on labeling requirements
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- July 26 2010
The Food and Drug Administration is seeking comment on proposed rules for menu labels that would require restaurants and other retail food establishments with at least 20 or more locations to provide "clear and conspicuous" calorie information to consumers
FDA violated First Amendment with refusal to grant health claims
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 28 2010
A federal court has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration's refusal to grant several health claims characterizing the disease-prevention benefits of selenium to reduce the risk of certain cancers violated the First Amendment standards for commercial speech
FTC v. Kellogg, Part II
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 22 2010
For the second time in the last 12 months, the Kellogg Company has agreed to advertising restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission related to health benefit claims made about its food products
Diet supplement manufacturer settles false claims suit for $2.5 million
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 22 2010
The maker of the dietary supplement Mega-T has agreed to pay a $2.5 million settlement in a class action suit that accused the company of making false weight loss claims regarding its product line
FTC seeks comment on mandating ad info
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 18 2010
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on a proposal to compel information from major food and beverage manufacturers, distributors, and marketers for data about the companies' spending and marketing activities targeting children and adolescents
Wrigley settles misleading ad suit for $6m
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 18 2010
For $6 million, the Wrigley gum company has settled a class action lawsuit alleging that it misled consumers by claiming that its Eclipse brand gum and mints were scientifically proven to kill germs that cause bad breath
CARU finds Pop-Tarts are marketed to kids with misleading claims
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 18 2010
In a recent decision, the Children's Advertising Review Unit recommended that Kellogg discontinue certain claims made on its Pop-Tarts packaging, which suggested that the toaster pastries are made with a significant amount of real fruit although the products contain less than 6 percent fruit
FDA warns drug company about sponsored sites
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
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- USA
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- June 7 2010
The Food and Drug Administration's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications issued a warning letter to pharmaceutical company Novartis about two disease-awareness sites sponsored by the company - even though the sites didn't mention the company's drugs by name
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