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Session 1
Location: Murano 3201 |
Session 2
Location: Murano 3204 |
Session 3
Location: Murano 3301 |
Session 4
Location: Murano 3304 |
Quality Control Concerns:
Practical Business Steps for Manufacturers
Quality control is an important function under the cGMPs promulgated in July
by FDA. Quality control is also an important function in protecting
manufacturers and suppliers from product liability and lawsuits, or adverse
publicity regarding subpotency or failure to meet label claims. The cGMPs place
substantial responsibilities on manufacturers and virtually no requirements on
suppliers. Join Tony Young as he discusses practical business steps
manufacturers can consider to assure the quality of their products and share the
burden of cGMP compliance with ingredient suppliers.
Speaker: Anthony L. Young, Esq., partner, Kleinfeld, Kaplan &
Becker LLP
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Promising Herbs: The Next Wave of Botanicals and Herbal Products Poised for
Market Success
A review of the top-selling herbs and phytomedicinal products in the past
decade suggests a direct correlation between the success of a product and the
amount of clinical research available to support its claimed uses and benefits.
Previously high-profile examples include ginkgo extract and St. John’s wort.
This presentation will review some of the recent clinically researched emerging
herbal ingredients and finished dietary supplement products that have an
opportunity to break into a higher level of sales and public acceptance. In
addition, case histories will be discussed regarding several high-profile market
successes that have not been correlated to scientific or clinical research, but
whose success has hit a nerve in the consuming public, either due to the
perceived benefit, fortuitous timing, or both.
Speaker: Mark Blumenthal, founder and executive director, American
Botanical Council, and editor, HerbalGram
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Coffee and Health:
Surprisingly Good News about Disease Reductions
Over the past 30 years, coffee and caffeine’s health effects have been
studied extensively in animals, epidemiologic investigations and randomized
clinical trials. Coffee and its ingredients have often been blamed for a variety of ills, such
as heart disease, birth defects, bladder cancer and other unfavorable health
outcomes. Research results have generally suggested coffee drinking may have either
null effects or mildly adverse effects on human health. Attend this session to
learn of the extensive research conducted over the past decade that has almost
completely validated coffee drinking. Coffee has more recently been shown to
significantly lower the risk of numerous diseases, including Type 2 diabetes,
certain cancers (colorectal, liver, breast), liver diseases, Parkinson’s
disease, Alzheimer’s disease and others.
Speaker: James R. Coughlin, Ph.D., president, Coughlin &
Associates
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Organic Cosmetic Standards:
Fact or Fiction?
The food industry has had organic standards in development or in regulation
for decades. Over that period, the cosmetic industry has been moving strongly to
the use of natural ingredients and ingredients from the organic food industry.
Claims for cosmetic products made with organic ingredients range from
unnoticeable to absurd and blatantly false. In an attempt to rein in the organic
cosmetic claims, several committees and organizations, including the Organic
Trade Association, have worked to develop organic cosmetic standards. This
presentation will provide a brief history of the development of cosmetic
standards, and will compare some of the existing standards to show how they
would affect cosmetic product claims and formulations.
Speaker: Timothy Kapsner, senior research scientist, Aveda
Corporation
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