12/12/2025 4:06:39 PM Claiming Your Drug Product is Unique: Does That Mean It's Superior? By David Mallen Brands and marketers seek to highlight what makes their products singular and unique. But it can be very challenging to do so in a...
11/26/2025 6:53:15 PM Essentials for Co-Manufacturer Agreements By Ryan Raccuia As food and beverage brands begin to scale, they will often look to partner with a contract manufacturer (co-man), to increase production...
11/6/2025 9:46:43 PM For Advertisers, Claiming Comparative Environmental Benefits Can be Toxic By David Mallen While advertisers are awaiting the Federal Trade Commission's revisions to the Green Guides, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of...
10/23/2025 5:23:16 PM Making a Wearable Partnership Fit By Alison Schwartz The world of wearable health technology has exploded in the last decade, driven by consumer demand for tools to monitor health, track...
9/29/2025 9:48:53 PM FTC Scrutiny of Automatic Renewals: What Health & Wellness Companies Should Know By Robyn Mohr Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) “click-to-cancel” rule was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
9/16/2025 2:41:58 PM FDA's Direct-to-Consumer Advertising "Crackdown": Impacts to Brands, Agencies and Influencers By Kristen Klesh The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release on Sept. 9 announcing a “crackdown” on direct-to-consumer (DTC)...
8/13/2025 8:02:20 PM Illuminating the Risks: FDA Clearance Does Not Fully Shield Health & Wellness Devices from Advertising Scrutiny By Jenny Savitt The surge in health and wellness devices—including wearables, beauty devices and more—comes a result of consumer interest in preventive...
6/30/2025 4:10:05 PM From Beauty Trend to Sweeping State Mandates: What Brands Need to Know about the Rise of "Toxic Free" Laws By Kristen Klesh FDA Stalls, But States Push to Keep It Clean Congress and FDA lauded the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), enacted in...
5/23/2025 10:44:44 PM FDA Unleashes AI to Review Product Applications By Jim Czaban The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been ahead of the curve for a number of years on emerging issues and opportunities for...
5/21/2025 4:59:47 PM In Our "Wellness Retreat" Era. But First, the Paperwork. By Kristen Klesh Sarah Rubenstein Polak These days, the explosive growth of the wellness industry—fueled by increased consumer interest in healthy lifestyle choices—presents a...
4/29/2025 4:28:35 PM Adding Some Color to FDA's Planned Removal of Synthetic Food Dyes By Kristen Klesh Admittedly, visions of rainbow-colored carnival taffy or neon sour treats can't help but conjure a sense of childhood nostalgia for at...
6/21/2024 4:24:11 PM Major Win for Cosmetics/Beauty Industry: First Amendment Bars Prop 65 Lawsuits Involving Titanium Dioxide in Products (for now) By Kristen Klesh In a landmark victory that could have wide-ranging implications for California Proposition 65 (Prop 65) lawsuits, the U.S. District Court...