TG-1 * Transgallaxys Forum 1
Alternative Methoden => MLM - Network Marketing => Topic started by: ama on December 07, 2008, 05:32:17 PM
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Metabolife's former CEO sentenced to 6 months
Ellis pleaded guilty to misleading FDA
By Mike Freeman
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
June 10, 2008
[...]
According to prosecutors, Ellis and the company sent
letters to the federal agency saying they had "never
received a notice from a consumer that any serious
adverse health event has occurred because of the
ingestion of Metabolife 356."
Metabolife's own documents showed that it had
received many reports from consumers of seizures,
heart attacks, strokes, loss of consciousness and other
serious illnesses, said the U.S. Attorney's Office.
At the time Metabolife was saying it had a
"claims-free history," the FDA was considering
tighter regulations on products containing ephedra.
Metabolife was one of the largest dietary supplement
companies in the United States, largely based on sales
of Metabolife 356.
In 2002, the company turned over reports of 14,000
ephedra-related events that the company had
previously not disclosed to the FDA. The FDA
eventually banned ephedra, and in 2004, Ellis and
Metabolife were indicted on several counts of making
false statements.
[...]
Mike Freeman: (760) 476-8209;
mike.freeman [bat] uniontrib.com
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