Lawsuits & Judgments

On August 10^th a San Diego judge rendered a $24 million judgment against Botanic Labs, the manufacture of Prostrate Cancer Supplement, PC Spes. PC Spes was alleged to be an all natural herbal supplement for sufferers of prostrate cancer. Unfortunately it for those who purchased it, the treatment, it was neither all natural or all herbal and inf act, was dangerous.  The Judge wrote:

Contrary to the IMR Defendants representations, PC Spes was not all natural, was not all herbal, was not a dietary supplement, and was in fact a very dangerous product, adulterated with chemicals, including the female estrogen (DES) and the active ingredient in rat poison (Warfarin). The inclusion of DES and Warfarin in PC Spes violates both state and federal law

In his ruling the judge found that there was an intention to defraud the consumers and certified the class in this lawsuit to include anyone who purchased PC Spes from 1998 to 2002 . Any consumer who meets that requirement is eligible to share in the judgment.

The unfortunate situation with this lawsuit, as is the case with so many medical and pharmaceutical suits, is that a number of the eligible class members have already passed away.