The company entered the pharmaceutical industry in 1957, initially introducing prescription cough/cold products. In 1987, Pamlab was purchased by Samuel and Judith Camp.[1]
In early 2013, Pamlab was purchased by Nestlé Health Science.[2]
In December 2016, Pamlab was purchased by Alfasigma Group of Bologna, Italy.[3]
Legal actionsedit
Alfasigma USA, Inc. was sued by ExeGi Pharma LLC and the Italian inventor of probiotic VSL#3, Claudio De Simone, for making false advertising claims and ownership rights to VSL#3.[4][5][6]
According to court documents: "Defendant VSL Inc., and its licensees Alfasigma and Leadiant, having lost the right to sell the De Simone Formulation, decided to manufacture, market, and sell a different, inferior formulation (the “Fraudulent Formulation”) without conducting any tests to determine if the Fraudulent Formulation would be efficacious in any way".[6]
A scientific article published in Frontiers in Immunology concluded: "These discrepancies may have a major impact on patient safety and on the liability of doctors when they prescribe a probiotic formulation made with different processes at different production sites from the formulation, which generated the original evidence, without properly informing the patients".[7]
A class action related to the VSL#3 scandal was recently opened in the USA.[8]
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^Simone, C. De (2018). "Letter: what gastroenterologists should know about VSL#3". Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 47 (5): 698–699. doi:10.1111/apt.14515. ISSN 1365-2036. PMID 29417631.
^"De Simone v. VSL Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al, No. 8:2015cv01356 - Document 927 (D. Md. 2019)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
pamlab, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please,. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources Pamlab news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Alfasigma USA Inc formerly Pamlab is an American medical food company and a division of Alfasigma Group of Bologna Italy Alfasigma s base of operations is located in Covington Louisiana Contents 1 History 2 Legal actions 3 Products 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe company entered the pharmaceutical industry in 1957 initially introducing prescription cough cold products In 1987 Pamlab was purchased by Samuel and Judith Camp 1 In early 2013 Pamlab was purchased by Nestle Health Science 2 In December 2016 Pamlab was purchased by Alfasigma Group of Bologna Italy 3 Legal actions editAlfasigma USA Inc was sued by ExeGi Pharma LLC and the Italian inventor of probiotic VSL 3 Claudio De Simone for making false advertising claims and ownership rights to VSL 3 4 5 6 According to court documents Defendant VSL Inc and its licensees Alfasigma and Leadiant having lost the right to sell the De Simone Formulation decided to manufacture market and sell a different inferior formulation the Fraudulent Formulation without conducting any tests to determine if the Fraudulent Formulation would be efficacious in any way 6 A scientific article published in Frontiers in Immunology concluded These discrepancies may have a major impact on patient safety and on the liability of doctors when they prescribe a probiotic formulation made with different processes at different production sites from the formulation which generated the original evidence without properly informing the patients 7 A class action related to the VSL 3 scandal was recently opened in the USA 8 Products editAlfasigma USA Inc produces medical foods for people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy early memory loss Alzheimer s high risk pregnancy depression and other medical conditions citation needed Some of Pamlab s products include the following VSL 3 Deplin Metanx Cerefolin Cerefolin NAC Neevo DHA Proxeed Plus Colief Carnitine Bulk IngredientsSee also editNestle Health Science Medical FoodReferences edit Our History Pamlab Retrieved 2016 03 24 Nestle buys U S medical foods firm Pamlab Reuters 26 February 2013 Retrieved 2016 03 24 Alfasigma Expands Footprint PDF 13 January 2017 Archived from the original PDF on 22 December 2018 Retrieved 18 July 2017 Simone C De 2018 Letter what gastroenterologists should know about VSL 3 Alimentary Pharmacology amp Therapeutics 47 5 698 699 doi 10 1111 apt 14515 ISSN 1365 2036 PMID 29417631 De Simone v VSL Pharmaceuticals Inc et al No 8 2015cv01356 Document 927 D Md 2019 Justia Law Retrieved 2019 09 01 a b Class Action PDF Trinchieri Vito Laghi Luca Vitali Beatrice Parolin Carola Giusti Ilaria Capobianco Daniela Mastromarino Paola De Simone Claudio 2017 11 06 Efficacy and Safety of a Multistrain Probiotic Formulation Depends from Manufacturing Frontiers in Immunology 8 1474 doi 10 3389 fimmu 2017 01474 ISSN 1664 3224 PMC 5681494 PMID 29163538 Class Action Accuses Pharma Companies of Secretly Reformulating VSL 3 Probiotics Product www classaction org 26 July 2019 Retrieved 2019 09 01 External links editOfficial website Alfasigma USA Human Resources Archived 2015 05 04 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This article about a medical pharmaceutical or biotechnological corporation or company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This corporation or company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pamlab amp oldid 1196419180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
