Re: Formulation of the Original Protandim

I thought only synthetic pharmaceuticals INVENTED by chemists can be patented? Isn't that the reason why Big Pharma insists on creating synthetic versions of highly effective herbs (which they fail to do anyway without major side effects) so they could patent them and sell them for astronomical prices?

Individual herbs cannot be patented in their natural state.  If chemically altered to a synthetic they can then be patented.  This is why the pharmaceutical companies alter herbs from their natural state to obtain patents.

Formulas consisting of herbs can also be patented.

Is Protandim a synthetic pharmaceutical? Of course not. Then how did you get a patent for it? Anyone can make (and sell) a mixture of natural herbs, which Protandim is. Perhaps your patent refers to the CMX-1152 developed by CereMedix, which would have been the original Protandim you planned to market in a deal with CereMedix that did not go through?

http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/lifevantage-protandim-scam/

Again, it says only individual herbs that cannot be patented in their natural state.  If extracted or chemically altered the individual herbs can be patented.  Or if combined into a formulation for a use the formulation can also be patented.

By the way, your current Protandim formulation is all over the Internet, it is even in Wiki, a very public site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protandim


Why complain about its posting in CureZone? What makes CureZone any different?

I think they're upset because we're discussing improvements on the formula.