Health Research Laboratories, LLC
The FTC and State of Maine brought a complaint against Health Research Laboratories, LLC and its principal for deceptively marketing two dietary supplements, BioTherapex and NeuroPlus, with claims not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence. A final Commission order was entered, and over $750,000 in consumer redress was distributed to approximately 16,596 affected consumers in November 2018. The defendants were subsequently alleged to have violated the final order by continuing to market supplements with unsupported claims, leading to a contempt motion and later an administrative complaint. A proposed settlement order was announced in March 2020.
Flagged claims (1)
claims that were not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence
Required actions (3)
the FTC mailed 16,596 checks totaling more than $750,000 to consumers who bought the two deceptively marketed supplements
The FTC and State of Maine subsequently filed a motion seeking a contempt order against the defendants in December 2019, for allegedly violating the final Commission order by continued to market and sell dietary supplements with claims that were not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence.
The FTC announced a proposed order settling the complaint in March 2020.
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