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Len Monheit Off The Cuff
Author: len Created: 11/28/2005 5:32 PM
Len Monheit is President and CEO of NPIcenter, and editor of NPIWatch, NPIcenter's weekly electronic newsletter and NPI Daily. Len's background includes general, sales, marketing and operations management in cGMP manufacturing, analytical laboratory and contract research environments. He contributes regularly to trade publications, speaking about industry issues and concerns and the evolving business processes and practices in the natural and nutritional products sector.
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By len on 1/30/2009 11:17 AM
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Fate of Leiner To Have Cascade Effect
By len on 6/6/2008 7:51 AM
Earlier this week, word began circulating that NBTY either had acquired or at least had certainly placed a $230 million bid for the assets of Leiner Health Products. This Monday we'll find out if NBTY has won the bidding or if other buyers have emerged. Should NBTY complete the acquisition, their power in the market increases substantially. In any case, one can be sure that the creditors currently on the hook for many millions of dollars are watching....not so patiently.
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Antioxidants and Mortality
By len on 4/18/2008 9:42 AM
From a trickle to a flow, the latest UK-generated anaklysis, published by the Cohrane collaboration, has generated widespread headlines around the globe as the 'researchers' 'selected' several studies to examine the relationship between antioxidant supplements and prevention of mortality.
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Regulations and regulators
By len on 4/7/2008 9:45 AM
OK- I'm a hypocrite and I admit it. And to those of you chastising me for being so delinquent on my blog - thanks and good on you. I'd use the excuse that I blog weekly in my editorial, but we all know that's not the same thing....or style...or purpose. Today - regulations and regulators.
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Supplements for Sports - In the News Again
By len on 12/7/2007 8:52 AM
An article that appeared a couple days ago in USA Today has raised again the issue of sports products and the presence of banned substances. The study, performed by UK-based HFL Labs and aggressively promoted by the group InformedChoice, claims that 25 percent of supplements are contaminated with steroids.
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Does Overflow of Industry Initiatives Dilute Capabilities of Each
By len on 10/14/2007 2:32 PM
We, as an industry, should certainly be proud of the number of good and worthy causes available to us to support, several of which are noteworthy 'not for profits' operating primarily from within and with the support of our sector. On the flip side, with all of these activities available to support, companies must choose carefully where a finite amount of dollars will go. Despite all of these support opportunities, are all the necessary elements to ensure and stabilize industry's future protected? I suspect not.
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Canada's NHPD Officially Punts Food Format NHPs
By len on 10/11/2007 3:22 PM
For at least the past year, behind the scenes, Canada's NHPD (Natural Health Products Directorate) and Foods Directorate had been debating under whose jurisdiction products containing natural health based ingredients, and presumably intending to make NHP-type claims would lie. A new notice issued by NHPD makes clear that NHPD has punted responsibility into what may be an even bigger black hole.
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Organic Paralleling Supplements?
By len on 6/23/2007 3:27 PM
I had the wonderful chance to sit in on the first day of the Organic Summit in Boulder Colorado this past week, where industry legends, movers and shakers got together to discuss origins, evolution, recent developments and ongoing challenges as a niche industry approached mainstream acceptance and a certain critical mass. The challenges and varying perspectives were quickly evident as a Colorado organic farmer followed a Safeway corporate presentation on the highly successful 'O Organics' brand. Success comes with its challenges and its in how an industry deals with its challenges that it measures its adherence to a fundamental vision.
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At Last - GMPs
By len on 6/23/2007 10:52 AM
At long last, industry finally has a GMP rule from the FDA. The 815 page rule "establishes the minimum CGMPs necessary for activities related to manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or holding dietary supplements to ensure the quality of the dietary supplement." Over the next several weeks, we'll get ideas and interpretations of what it really means. There are some signs though.
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Current food safety will not leave us unscathed.
By len on 5/2/2007 4:01 PM
The current food safety issue in the United States will certainly not leave the supplements industry unscathed. Less clear is whether the ultimate outcome will be positive or negative. Could this be the ingredient shakeout trigger industry has been needing for so long? Could this provide the much needed impetus for companies to look closely at buying and sourcing practices? Could this resolve the issue of how much ingredient testing is necessary by manufacturers once and for all?

Time will tell, but this issue is not going to go away lightly and without an ongoing impact.
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