Dietary supplement ingredient claims and legal flames – Video

In this video recorded during SupplySide West in October 2024, a panel of legal and scientific experts discuss dietary supplement claims and the nuances of building science for ingredients and product formulations. Price: $75

Josh Long, Associate editorial director, SupplySide Supplement Journal

November 11, 2024

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Noncompliant dietary supplement ingredient claims can be one of the reasons the Food and Drug Administration or Federal Trade Commission comes knocking. In this education session and interactive workshop, experts examined ingredient claims, regulators and other challengers, and the doctrine of substantiation. Experts from clinical research organizations also discussed the intricacies of clinical trials and building science to substantiate advertising and marketing claims.

0:00:00-0:06:48 – Introduction  by Josh Long, associate editorial director of SupplySide Supplement Journal

0:06:48-0:09:09 — Opening remarks by moderator Asa Waldstein and first polling question

0:09:09-0:18:55 — Remarks by Katie Bond, Esq., partner of Keller & Heckman LLP, on regulators, other challengers and types of claims

0:18:57-0:29:22 — Presentation by Theodora (“Teddy”) McCormick, Esq., partner with Epstein Becker & Green PC, on the substantiation doctrine and avoiding regulatory perils

0:29:30-1:02:49 — Another polling question by Asa Waldstein and moderator conversation with four experts about legal claims

1:03:18 – 1:17:50 — Remarks by Stephanie Anne-Girard, Ph.D., director of scientific affairs with SGS Nutrasource, on designing effective clinical trials for dietary supplements

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1:18:07-1:35:18 — Presentation by Corey Hilmas, Ph.D., M.D., chief regulatory officer of KGK Science Inc., on the p value, sample size considerations, clinical effect and safety.

1:35:20 – 2:03:17 — Polling question by Asa Waldstein and moderator conversation with experts about clinical trials and substantiation

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About the Author

Josh Long

Associate editorial director, SupplySide Supplement Journal , Informa Markets Health and Nutrition

Josh Long directs the online news, feature and op-ed coverage at SupplySide Supplement Journal (formerly known as Natural Products Insider), which targets the health and wellness industry. He has been reporting on developments in the dietary supplement industry for over a decade, with a focus on regulatory issues, including at the Food and Drug Administration.

He has moderated and/or presented at industry trade shows, including SupplySide East, SupplySide West, Natural Products Expo West, NBJ Summit and the annual Dietary Supplement Regulatory Summit.

Connect with Josh on LinkedIn and ping him with story ideas at [email protected]

Education and previous experience

Josh majored in journalism and graduated from Arizona State University the same year "Jake the Snake" Plummer led the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl against the Ohio State Buckeyes. He also holds a J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law, was admitted in 2008 to practice law in the state of Colorado and spent a year clerking for a state district court judge.

Over more than a quarter century, he’s written on various topics for newspapers and business-to-business publications – from the Yavapai in Arizona and a controversial plan for a nuclear-waste incinerator in Idaho to nuanced issues, including FDA enforcement of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA).

Since the late 1990s, his articles have been published in a variety of media, including but not limited to, the Cape Cod Times (in Massachusetts), Sedona Red Rock News (in Arizona), Denver Post (in Colorado), Casper Star-Tribune (in Wyoming), now-defunct Jackson Hole Guide (in Wyoming), Colorado Lawyer (published by the Colorado Bar Association) and Nutrition Business Journal.

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