Cholestene injunction
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Cholestene marketer HPF LLC held in civil contempt for violating a federal preliminary injunction barring promotion of its red yeast rice product using studies based on Pharmanex's Cholestin dietary supplement. However, the Utah federal judge finds on Oct. 26 that Trevose, Penn.-based HPF did not violate the court's order barring it from continuing to advertise Cholestene in its old trade dress. HPF must certify compliance with the preliminary injunction and pay Pharmanex reasonable fees and costs for bringing the contempt action. The preliminary injunction was issued in April in response to Pharmanex's lawsuit claiming Cholestene packaging is deceptively similar to Cholestin (1"The Tan Sheet" May 10, In Brief)