NNFA In Brief: Biotherapies' Combicart
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Biotherapies' Combicart: Containing 375 mg Cartilade shark cartilage and 375 mg bovine cartilage shipping to health food stores, physician resellers and independent pharmacies, the company, formerly Cartilage Technologies, announces. The product will retail for about $65.95 for a 180-count bottle of caplets. Combicart "obviates the need for the consumer to make [the] difficult decision" between shark and bovine cartilage, Biotherapies says. The company also is introducing Fisol slow-release fish oil. The product, with enhanced "acceptability," has improved "absorption of essential fatty acids, thereby providing a...cost-effective approach in obtaining the health benefits" of fish oil supplementation, the company says. Combicart will retail for about $29.95 for 90 caplets. Ads are planned for consumer "health-oriented" magazines such as Let's Live and Delicious...