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Fallout of big court loss for stem cell clinic whose leader tweeted conspiracy claim

February 1, 2021 / By / 3 Comments
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As I broke the news yesterday, the high-profile fat stem cell clinic firm U.S. Stem Cell (USRM) just lost a groundbreaking court case. Here is the FDA’s official reaction today to the court ruling. Also, since the ruling major media have been covering the court ruling. Here are some examples: From the Washington Post from …

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FTC returns half a mill to consumers of “deceptively marketed amniotic stem cell therapy”

February 1, 2021 / By / 4 Comments
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There’s a lot of questionable “stem cell” injections these days involving purported amniotic stem cell or other perinatal (birth-related) material. Regulators are taking note including the FTC, which took some unprecedented action last year on this front. Now the FTC has announced that more than half a million $USD have been returned to consumers who …

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Stem $ell$: clinic marketeers dangle big bucks to docs

February 1, 2021 / By / 7 Comments
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Over the last couple of years the marketing of unproven clinic injections of non-FDA-approved stem cells seems in open-throttle mode. What used to just be on the web here and there is now on billboards, newspapers, flyers, infomercials, and on TV. It’s possible that millions of dollars are being spent yearly on advertising this stuff, …

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