Pharmavite

Pharmavite, LLC
Subsidiary
Industry Dietary supplements
Founded 1971
Founders Henry Burdick, Barry Pressman
Headquarters Northridge, California, United States
Products Nature Made, SOYVEY
Parent Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
Website Pharmavite.com

Pharmavite, LLC is a dietary supplements company based in Northridge, California. The company is the maker of Nature Made, a line of vitamins and nutritional supplements, and SOYJOY, a snack bar made from soy and fruit products.

History

Pharmavite was founded in 1971 by Oluwason Henry Burdick and Barry Pressman. The Nature Made vitamin brand was launched the following year.[1] The company was purchased in 1989 by Japanese pharmaceutical company Otsuka.[2]

The company is based in Northridge,CA. Manufacturing location is in San Fernando, CA. In 2013 a new manufacturing facility opened in Opelika, Alabama, which produces Softgels and Tablets, and Gummy Vitamins since 2015. Pharmavite LLC, the maker of the vitamins and supplements brand, said the products are the first vitamin gummies on the market from any brand to receive the USP quality verification, which indicates that they meet stringent criteria for purity and potency.[3]

On August 07, 2015, a class action lawsuit was filed in the State of California asserting that Pharmavite sells vitamin E dietary supplements products that do not provide the benefits stated on the label and in marketing claims. [4]

Product quality and regulation

Pharmavite's vitamins and supplements product line participates[5] in the United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) Dietary Supplements Verification Program, which verifies the "quality, purity and potency" of dietary supplements through facility audits and random off-the-shelf product testing.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Jim Wagner (November–December 2001). "2001 Manufacturer of the Year". Nutritional Outlook.
  2. ↑ "Company".
  3. ↑ editor, desk (2016-02-19). "Nature Made Adult Gummies earn USP seal - CDR – Chain Drug Review". CDR – Chain Drug Review. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  4. ↑ "Corbett-v-Pharmavite-complaint.pdf" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Participating companies (US Pharmacopeia)".
  6. ↑ "USP Verified Dietary Supplements". United States Pharmacopeia. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
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