The government clearly can stomp out false, or even unsubstantiated, claims on a product label.
Wyeth had provided a warning on the product label that ingestion of Redux could lead to PPH.
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Participants were asked what supplements they had taken in the past 30 days and submitted the product label to National Center for Health Statistics nutritionists.
Despite Scharf's advice to his mother, the product label the FDA has approved for Ambien suggests the drug be taken for no more than seven to ten days, and up to three weeks in certain cases.
Moreover, he argues that most of the omissions can be explained by the focus of the published paper and the increased scrutiny Medtronic gave data before they were submitted to the FDA. He says that the product label for Infuse accurately reflects its safety and efficacy.
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The above diagram suggests said slate has a microSD slot accessible from the outside, and if you take a closer look at the product label, you'll see that the device requires a whooping 2.5A input at 5V, which means it'll come with a 12.5W adapter -- a lot higher than many tablets' maximum consumption at 10W (including the new iPad) or below.
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At the other end of the spectrum you have consumers who would be willing to pay premium for product with green label.
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Still, Pfizer has also been discussing the open-heart surgery data with the FDA, says Pfizer spokeswoman Susan Bro, and that data is also likely to be reflected in the product's label.
Jim Flaherty, an advertising and marketing executive at NBTY, said the company removed a mention of some research from the product's label that the FTC said could be confusing to consumers.
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This showed that GSK had an honest belief that these preliminary data on safety were reassuring as the company was considering whether to submit new (more positive) safety wording for inclusion in the product's label to regulators for approval.
The report also recommends that the authorizations to suppliers be limited to certain outlets required to label the product with a clear description of its contents, its risks and the maximum advisable dose.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission regulates the label on the mattress on your bed.
These guidelines will work when naming a company, brand, label, or product.
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Targeted advertising, which directly compares the quality of a branded product with a private-label rival, is also a short-term solution for consumer-goods companies, which are keen to remind their customers why paying more is a good idea.
When you look at the positioning of products as renewable or having a lower footprint, the big companies share data that roughly suggests a lot of consumers would never buy a product that has a green label because they are suspicious of its performance.
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But the law gets tricky when the label is separated from the product.
People don't realize that lead is all over their homes in a wide variety of products, particularly in things like extension cords and wire and cable, your holiday string lights when you're stringing them up this year, you'll probably see a warning label that says that the product contains lead, known to be a toxic chemical in the state of California.
The strategy works reasonably well in fending off suits, and an entire U.S. bureaucracy, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is devoted to enforcing label requirements.
The strategy works reasonably well in fending off suits, and an entire federal bureaucracy, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is devoted to enforcing label requirements.
By concentrating on the label, instead of whether a product is actually defective, lawyers can convince juries to award damages because of a few missing words.
The date of initial product approval will also be placed on the label, so doctors and patients can judge how much experience prescribers have with the drugs.
With the Honesty Index, the company cleverly dubbed their results with a label that is instantly tied to their product name, as should we.
But using the Rocket Network, she could ask for last minute changes and have the final product delivered via the internet to both the record label and the film company in time.
Or put another way: When the federal government tells a company how to make and sell a product, down to the exact wording on the label, can a jury in East Dipswitch decide the FDA was wrong?
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This includes, but is not limited to the current ongoing Medicare review of the product, which is probably aimed at limiting off-label use.
When a product is sold, sellers can print out a shipping label, attach it to the package and drop it at the post office.
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When a label refers to a place name, then the product has to come from that place.
The listing of chlorinated Tris went into effect in October 2012, which means any product still containing the flame retardant needs to come with a warning label in California.
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Perhaps he, like many of us, shared the sentimental view espoused on the back label of a million bottles that wine is a simple agricultural product, the fermented juice of grapes that is maybe aged for a time and then bottled.
It unveiled its first wearable electronics product -- a similar jacket aimed at snowboarders -- in conjunction with designer sportswear label O'Neill in January.
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