key issues

FDA regulation: "Right now we are not an FDA-regulated segment," says Norine.

Feb 15, 2007

"However, because we are a company that also has pharmaceutical products, we have to hold ourselves to a much higher standard than some of our competitors. Currently, some companies are making claims about skin products. We do believe the time is coming when there is going to be more of a crackdown in the industry. "

Counterfeiting: Norine notes, "That was part of the reason we wanted to go into custom packaging. We see counterfeiting as an important industry issue."

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