Complaint Counsel's Post Trial Brief - Federal Trade Commission

199. Respondents' substantiation for the statement that "(p lure skeletal tissue of sharks . . .
can stop tuor growth" is "from the materal that ( they) had read that shark carilage
provides a protein that inhbits angiogenesis and the information (they) have that (they)
have. . . read and complied for many years now." (R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 157)).
200. Patrcia Feijo is not aware of any other studies that might have been done on Bio*Shark
or shark carilage other than Dr. Lane's studies. (R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 162)).
201. Although Respondents relied upon Dr. Lane's book, "Sharks Don't Get Cancer," for
substantiation, Respondent James Feijo never read it. (J. Feijo, Tr. 449).
202. Universal Nutrtion did not conduct any testing, quality or otherise, on Bio*Shark.
(R17 (Bauhoffer-Kinney, Dep. at 45-46)).
7 Herb Formula
203. Respondents never had an outside lab study the components of7 Herb Formula to see
whether its components actually have the effect that Respondents believe it has. (R 16 (P.
Feijo, Dep. at 132)).
204. Rather than having an outside lab study the components of7 Herb Formula to detere
whether its components were actually having the effect Respondents believe,
Respondents have "experential information (and) many testimonies, many hundreds if
not thousands oftestimonies." (R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 132))..
205. Respondents' basis for asserg that using 7 Herb Formula wil help someone with any
tye of cancer is "their knowledge about the strctue/fuction of the separate ingredients
and the history of the herbal formally, so experentially. . . (they) can say generally that
if you suffer from any tye of cancer that (Respondents) suggest takng (7 Herb
Formula)." (R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 175-76)).
GDU
206. GDU was never subjected to clinical trals. (R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 190)).
207. Respondents have not done any studies to know whether GDU would counteract with any
conventional cancer medicine someone was takg. (R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 194)).
BioMI
208. Respondents did not conduct any tests or clinical studies on BioMixx. (R16 (P. Feijo,
Dep. at 199)).
209. Respondents did not engage anybody else to do any kind of clinical tests on BioMixx.
(R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 199)).
210. Respondents' basis for assering that BioMixx fights cancer is "(b)ased on the strctue
of the ingredients, what we know that to be, and based on the fuction of
thoseingredients, what we know that to be, and based on the experential evidence, the
witness of many." (R16 (P. Feijo, Dep. at 199-200)).
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