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IntenseX
November 2016: Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the October 2016 summary judgment decision, as well as an order denying class certification.
October 2016: A federal judge granted summary judgment for claims related to the marketing of IntenseX. Specifically, the judge granted summary judgment for claims on the IntenseX website because the complaint did not allege that the plaintiff looked at the website before purchasing the product, as well as for claims on the product label finding that a “significant portion of the general public” would not be misled by the claims. To learn more about the judge’s decision for all of the claims, click here to read the full decision.
January 2015: A class-action lawsuit was filed against PharmaCare US, Inc. for allegedly falsely marketing the supplement IntenseX as having beneficial health and aphrodisiac properties – such as increasing “Sexual Power and Performance”– without any scientific evidence to support such claims. (Kanfer et al v. PharmaCare US, Inc., Case No. 15-cv-00120, S. D. CA.).
For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding supplements and TINA.org’s coverage of the product, click here.
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