<img src="http://www.npicenter.com/images/jimlassiter_blog.gif" align="Left">Jim Lassiter has twenty-five years experience in regulatory affairs for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement and natural products industries. He has served on numerous industry and trade boards. His work and views have received notable recognition in trade publications and journals of note including the Food and Drug Law Institute Update, Natural Products Insider, The Tan Sheet and FDA Week. A recognized and respected voice for the industry, Jim frequently offers his perspectives at various symposia, conferences and industry panels of renown. Jim current business endeavor is as the owner of The Lassiter Group -- a consultancy dealing exclusively with the Natural Products Industry. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/BlogId/5/Default.aspx en-US jlassiter@att.net sa@sa.sa Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:22 GMT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:22 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.1.20.17153 We all have our Mantras. Time to take a look at them -- wait this is easier -- read the Consumer Confidential column in the Sep 3, 2008 edition of the Los Angeles Times -- it's available on-line. Then consider the messages it does convey to us rather than dismiss it as "another one of those articles." http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/118/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/118/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=118 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:00 GMT 0 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=118 The sweltering days of Summer are beginning to fade. What did this Summer bring? Not much. Apart from the usual round of recalls over "male enhancement" products -- the whole of industry and our governing agencies seemed a bit lethargic. Still . . . . http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/117/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/117/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=117 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:03:00 GMT 1 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=117 When you get free newspapers delivered to your door -- you tend to read them. In the May 14 edition of the New York Times an article appeared summarizing the continuing issues with getting money to the FDA and how a bunch is apparently on its way. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/113/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/113/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=113 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:45:00 GMT 0 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=113 The latest evidence from the actions of a pharma company should give one pause. There is a legitimate danger ahead and we need to be more than naïve about the future. If you think restrictions on weight loss claims would be bad -- what about restrictions on CALCIUM claims? http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/110/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/110/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=110 Fri, 02 May 2008 17:52:00 GMT 0 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=110 One of the members of the entity we like to call "Big Pharma" just sent a citizen's petition to FDA. This has the potential affect roughly the size of a small nuclear device on this industry. Want to find out more? Read on. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/109/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/109/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=109 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:13:00 GMT 0 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=109 The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration just initiated a kind of weekly Blog within the FDA Website. You really ought to see what his first posting said. Or you can read the summary here. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/107/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/107/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=107 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:21:00 GMT 0 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=107 This last is a series of three spews about words and the impact they have on our industry points to some other definitional issues we, as an industry, would have if we were paying attention. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/104/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/104/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=104 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:33:00 GMT 1 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=104 This is the second of three installments concerning words, language, identification and how these simple tools affect our industry, the direction it is headed and current situations involving our industry. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/102/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/102/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=102 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:20:00 GMT 2 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=102 This is the first of a new series that talks about words and how their use affects this industry and what we should be aware of as an industry going forward. That is -- before the words we can use are chosen for us. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/101/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/101/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=101 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:52:00 GMT 1 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=101 Amazing what this last summer brought. Here's a little reminder that out here in the Wild Wild West -- sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for -- you just might get it -- plus a little bonus. http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/91/Default.aspx jlassiter@att.net http://npicommunity.com/Blogs/tabid/53/EntryID/91/Default.aspx#Comments http://npicommunity.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&EntryID=91 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:49:00 GMT 0 http://npicommunity.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=91