The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit invalidated patent claims for a nutritional supplement to enhance muscle performance or recovery from muscle fatigue based on an advertisement for Weider’s VICTORY™ Professional Protein published in the June 1996 issue Flex Magazine.

The Food & Drug Administration issued on May 1 a consumer warning to stop using Hydroxycut, the heavily marketed weight-loss product. The agency said that “some Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries” and announced that the maker was recalling all products. Did the FDA properly react? The warning cited 23 [...]

The FDA has just announced a massive recall of the popular weight loss supplement, Hydroxycut. According to the FDA press release dated today, FDA has received 23 reports of serious health problems ranging from jaundice and elevated liver enzymes, an indicator of potential liver injury, to liver damage requiring liver transplant. One death due to [...]