User:MatthewBurton/Pharmavite
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{{Infobox company
| company_name = Pharmavite, LLC
| company_type = LLC
| location = Northridge, California, United States
| founders = Henry Burdick, Barry Pressman
| industry = Dietary supplements
| products = Nature Made, SOYJOY
| parent = Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
| homepage = [http://www.pharmavite.com/ 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, an energy bar made from soy and fruit. As of 1994, Nature Made products were the top-selling brand of vitamins in the United States.{{cite news |title=Vitamin maker adopts quality assurance code |author=Leslie Miller |date=May 26, 1994 |publisher=USA Today}}
History
Pharmavite was founded in 1971 by Henry Burdick and Barry Pressman. The Nature Made vitamin brand was launched the following year.{{cite magazine |title=2001 Manufacturer of the Year |publisher=Nutritional Outlook |author=Jim Wagner |date=November/December 2001}} The company was purchased in 1989 by Japanese pharmaceutical company Otsuka.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company/Pharmavite_Llc/ryxhhif-1.html |title=Company Profile from Hoover's|accessdate=July 7, 2010}} As of 2001, Pharmavite's annual revenue was estimated at $350-$450 million.
Product quality and regulation
Pharmavite's vitamins and supplements product line participates{{cite web|url=http://www.usp.org/USPVerified/dietarySupplements/companies.html |title=Participating companies (US Pharmacopeia)}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.usp.org/USPVerified/dietarySupplements |title=USP Verified Dietary Supplements |publisher=United States Pharmacopeia|accessdate=July 7, 2010}}
Pharmavite products have been used in completed and ongoing clinical trials to test the role of dietary supplements in treating ailments, preventing disease and reducing nutrient deficiencies.
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