Valbiotis and Nestlé Health Science plan to launch in 2024 a dietary supplement targeted at sufferers of prediabetes and type-2 diabetes following positive results from a recent study which showed the product's efficacy on key markers of glucose metabolism.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.

London-based start-up Phizz markets in the UK's busy wellness category effervescent products that it claims effectively hydrate while also providing essential vitamins and minerals.

In this special podcast episode, we speak to PAGB CEO Michelle Riddalls about her role as an OTC Marketing Awards judge and what makes a good entry in her extensive experience. Having spent two decades working in some of the world's largest OTC companies, and now heading up the UK’s OTC industry association which plays an important role in reviewing members' marketing campaigns before they go live, Riddalls is well placed to offer advice to companies working on their entries. Making submissions UK-specific, data-driven but also inclusive of all the creativity that teams bring to a launch or campaign are some of the pointers Riddalls shares with us. Friday 1 September is the entry deadline for the 2023 Awards, which take place at the Royal Lancaster London on Thursday 23 November. If you are interested in entering, head over to Citeline’s 2023 UK OTC Marketing Awards website.

All you need to know about the upcoming OTC Marketing Awards ahead of the 1 September entry deadline.

“MacuHealth believes challenged claims are thoroughly supported by the multitude of peer reviewed, published scientific studies” but NAD review on Vision Elements challenge finds firm’s research doesn’t support its claims.

“Choosing which claims to make,” an advertiser “affects the amount of substantiation required. A structure function claim, supports digestive health, may require a different level of substantiation than if you choose to make the claim prevents diarrhea,” says FTC attorney Christine DeLorme.

Trade group ask FTC to withdraw notices, arguing it is attempting to impose substantiation standard prohibited under FDA regulations for supplement manufacturing and marketing and are inconsistent with its own as well as FDA guidance