One to Pay Close Attention To: FDA Law Blog: FTC Settlement Silences Advertisers of Supplements Advertised as Effective for Children’s Speech Disorders; Settlement Silent on the Number of RCTs Required By Riëtte van Laack –

According to an FTC Complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the advertising practices of NourishLife, an Illinois Company, and its owner, Mark Nottili, (“Defendants”) violated the FTC Act.  The FTC alleges that Defendants falsely advertised its “speech” supplements with claims that the products would help children with speech problems and develop normal speech and language capacity, without having clinical evidence to support such claims.  The FTC asserts that from at least 2008 through 2013, Defendants sold the supplements on the company’s website and through a network of distributors.  Among other things, the FTC alleged that: more