products headquartered in france and with an operating presence in 59 countries worldwide . it is the largest manufacturer of homeopathic products in the world . in 2004 it employed a workforce of 2 779 and had a turnover of 313 million . it is currently a member of the cac small 90 stock index . in june 2005 the firm acquired dolisos laboratories then the world s second largest manufacturer of homeopathic preparations . citation needed products of boiron include mono hahnemanian preparations and poly which boiron called proprietary drugs . several class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of consumers claiming that boiron s homeopathic products including children s coldcalm and oscillococcinum are useless and boiron s marketing of these products is deceptive . 1 2 3 4 contents 1 blogzero backlash 2 criticism 3 references 4 external links blogzero backlash edit samuele riva an italian blogger wrote an entry about the implausibility of homeopathy including images of boiron s top selling product . 5 the company sent a letter to the internet provider for the blog but the result was a backlash in favor of freedom of speech . 6 criticism edit the non profit educational organizations center for inquiry cfi and the associated committee for skeptical inquiry csi have petitioned the u.s. food and drug administration fda criticizing boiron for misleading labeling and advertising of oscillococcinum . one petition complains that boiron s packaging for oscillococcinum lists the alleged active ingredient duck liver and heart in latin only . another petition complains that boiron s web ad for this product implies that it has received fda approval . ronald lindsay cfi and csi president and chief executive officer contends if boiron is going to sell snake oil the least they can do is use english on their labels . 7 a class action against boiron filed in 2011 on behalf of all california residents who purchased oscillo at any time within the past four years charged that boiron falsely advertises that oscillo has the ability to cure the flu because it contains an active ingredient it claims is proven to get rid of flu symptoms in 48 hours . the lawsuit also stated that the listed active ingredient in oscillococcinum oscillo is actually muscovy duck liver and heart ... and has no known medicinal quality . 8 a settlement was reached with boiron denying any wrongdoing . as part of the settlement boiron agreed to make specific changes to its marketing 9 including adding to their packaging notices like these uses have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration and c k ck and x are homeopathic dilutions . 10 references edit gina delrosa vs boiron inc. homeopathic drugmaker can t nix class action children s coldcalm class action lawsuit boiron oscillococcinum class action lawsuit homeopathy myth and legend in italian part 1 part 2 turone fabio august 12 2011 homoeopathy multinational boiron threatens amateur italian blogger bmj doi 10.1136 bmj.d5197 pmid 21840920 citizen petition calls on us fda to review regulation of homeopathic drugs . the pharma letter . 18 september 2011 . retrieved 2011 09 20 . boiron oscillococcinum class action lawsuit . top class actions . 8 august 2011 . retrieved 2011 09 24 . the law office of ronald a. marron aplc and patton boggs llp announce preliminary approval of class action settlement . retrieved 30 may 2012 . gallucci v. boiron inc. et al settlement agreement pdf . retrieved 30 may 2012 . external links edit official boiron website french official boiron us website quackwatch analysis of one of their magical products part 1 of the original blog entry part 2 of the original blog entry article about the blogger case in british medical journal article about the blogger case in the german handelsblatt datamonitor otc healthcare in france to 2009 wright reports company snapshot yahoo finance company profile v t e topics in homeopathy reference material fragmenta de viribus the organon of the healing art homeopathic materia medica homeopathic dilutions homeopaths william boericke md c. von b nninghausen j. h. clarke peter fisher john franklin gray m lanie hahnemann s. hahnemann charles julius hempel constantine hering elizabeth wright hubbard georg heinrich gottlieb jahr j. t. kent e. b. nash g. vithoulkas frederic hervey foster quin guy beckley stearns dana ullman organizations ainsworths boiron heel miralus healthcare nelsons homeopathy related preparations list regulation and prevalence homeopathy and allopathy quackery see also alternative medicine bach flower remedies jacques benveniste luc montagnier medicine serial dilution water memory retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boiron & oldid 715375186 categories companies based in lyonhomeopathic organizationshealthcare companies of francehidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2009articles with french language external links navigation menu personal 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