CPSI Sues Drug Maker Bayer Over Selenium Claims

by Brian Wolfman

Here is one of many news accounts about the Center for Science in the Public Interest's new suit against Bayer for allegedly deceiving consumers that the mineral selenium, contained in Bayer's One-a-Day Multivitamins for men, helps "support prostate health" and "reduce[s] the risk of prostate cancer." CSPI's suit says that Bayer's claims are just plain false. The news stories quote CSPI's litigation director (and CL&P blogger) Steve Gardner as saying

that "[g]iven Bayer's long history of wrongdoing in other cases, CSPI is acting to ensure that Bayer is permanently stopped from deceiving consumers about selenium." Striking a similar theme, CSPI's Executive Director Mike Jacobson noted what he called "Bayer's long history of flouting the law." Here's the complaint in the case, which was filed on September 30 in state court in San Francisco.