Drugs and Supplements CAN Treat a Disease

From the Archives: January 22, 2019 There I was, relaxing at the end of the day mindlessly glancing at the television news when, to my surprise, I saw

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DNA Testing – Panacea or Pandora’s Box

From the Archives: May 1, 2018 The health industry has long had a fascination and deserved excitement towards personalized medicine. I have personally been in wonderment as I have

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Confidence should be a good thing, right?

From the Archives: June 5, 2019 You’d think any headline that had the words confidence and supplements in the same headline would be a good thing, right? Not

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A Trust Transparency Collision – Ritual

From the Archives: September 11, 2018At Trust Transparency Center, we actively seek out best practices in corporate activity that support our premise that the proactive exercise and commitment to

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Amazon Gumming up The Supplement Market and Going to The Dogs

From the Archives: August 15, 2019 It’s been just over 900 days since Amazon launched their first brand of supplements, Amazon Elements, with only four SKUs. Today, the

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Who Owns Science?

From the Archives: November 6, 2018This simple three-word question is at the heart of many problems within the dietary supplement industry. I contend that the lack of a firm

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When a Supplement Outperforms a Drug

From the Archives: January 30, 2018When a dietary supplement ingredient outperforms a new pharmaceutical drug, the world takes notice, but the eventual outcomes are predictably different. This is what

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What’s Wrong with this Picture? Focus on Contract Manufacturing

From the Archives: May 6, 2020We’ve talked about this before. Possibly the most opaque element of the dietary supplement supply chain is the contract manufacturer.Arguably, contract manufacturers have the

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What’s Wrong with This Picture: Cardax Pharmaceuticals

From the Archives: January 28, 2020This edition of “What’s Wrong with This Picture?” highlights a pharmaceutical development company that develops and commercializes anti-inflammatory dietary supplements and drugs. The

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Trust Transparency Deficit at Equifax

From the Archives: September 19, 2017As has been written in this blog before, trust transparency is associated with a multifold increase in impact, credibility and ultimately satisfaction. When you

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