Posted 25 March 2018
We have previously pointed out in 2015 that Prevagen’s claims of being able to improve memory are untrue. (Class-action suit filed against “memory supplement” marketers). We pointed out in 2017 that the product is imported by Zenith Biomedical and also sold through www.wantitall.co.za. It is baffling that the company would continue to sell the product to South Africans. Zenith Biochemical also imports TA65, another dubious ‘anti-aging’ product that the USA Federal Trade Commission has acted against.
TruthinAdvertising.org (Tina.org) posted the following:
In 2011, four years after launching Prevagen, Wisconsin-based Quincy Bioscience embarked on a study to prove that the active ingredient in the supplement — apoaequorin — improves memory. It did not yield the results Quincy was hoping for. In fact, the Madison Memory Study failed to show a statistically significant improvement in the treatment group over the placebo group — scientist speak … Read the rest