“Cancer cells are self-destructing” advertising / sales or health food sales presidents arrested August 7 12:22
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It is understood that the police arrested four presidents of sales companies for promoting health benefits such as pharmaceuticals, such as "cancer cells are going to annihilate" and selling health foods to cancer patients living in Osaka. It was. The police are investigating in detail, assuming that they have sold at least 2.8 billion yen in three years.
Four people were arrested, including the president and managing director of health food sales company “Singen Medical”, which is headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo and has a branch office in Osaka.
According to investigators, 4 people advertised the effects of pharmaceuticals such as “cancer cells are self-destructing” on the homepage, and were healthy for 3 cancer patients living in Osaka from May to June. There is a suspicion of violating the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Act for selling food.
The product contained a component extracted from seaweed called "fucoidan", but according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it was not approved as a drug effective against cancer.
“Shingen Medical” sold a product with a cost of about 3000 yen per box to cancer patients nationwide at a price exceeding 50,000 yen, and the police searched the company in May. It was.
According to the seized materials, the police have been investigating the actual state of sales in detail, saying that sales will reach at least 2.8 billion yen in the three years from 2016.