The Amazon marketplace – September 2019 update
Industry Transparency Center has been following and reporting on the “Amazon Effect” on the dietary supplement industry since March 2017. In that time, the impacts have been numerous and far…
Supplement Spotlight: Don’t Choke on the Obvious
Every so often the FDA does or says something so biased against the dietary supplement industry that it is difficult to understand how we are supposed to consider ourselves as…
Consumer demand = more trust transparency in the supply chain
A recent Harvard Business Review article reported on a study by researchers at the MIT Sloan School of Management that “found that consumers may be willing to pay 2% to 10%…
Amazon gumming up the supplement market and going to the dogs
It’s been just over 900 days since Amazon launched their first brand of supplements, Amazon Elements, with only four SKUs. Today, the brand carries 50. Amazon brands are continuing to…
Let Collaboration Fuel your Narrative
Industry Transparency Center is participating in New Hope Network’s Inside the Bottle program for the second year in a row for a reason.The Inside the Bottle initiative unites companies from…
Why is Biotin Labeling So Confusing to So Many? Don’t ask the FDA
One of the most important elements of dietary supplement cGMPs is also an item that virtually every brand incorporates into its QA process. Label review is always conducted but not…
Drugs and Supplements CAN Treat a Disease
There I was, relaxing at the end of the day mindlessly glancing at the television news when, to my surprise, I saw a disease claim and endorsement for dietary supplements…
Industry Transparency Center’s 2019 Hot/Not List
It’s the new year and of course that means we need to take out our crystal ball and share our insights into what will be hot or not in 2019.…
New Insights Report from the CoQ10 Association Forecasts the Global CoQ10 Market to Reach $1.3 billion by 2020
SPRING, TEXAS (December 17, 2018) — Today, the CoQ10 Association announced the release of its Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) Insight Report underwritten by the association and Industry Transparency Center. CoQ10 is…
Musings from HI Europe
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend and participate at Health ingredients Europe, (HIE) in Frankfurt, an event put on by UBM. In Europe, this event alternates…