A federal court has preliminarily approved a class action lawsuit settlement with Boiron, Inc. that will provide up to $5 million in refunds to consumers who purchased certain Boiron homeopathic products, including Oscillo, Arnicare, Chestal and Coldcalm.

The Boiron settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit, entitled Gallucci v. Boiron, Inc., that alleges Boiron made false claims about the effectiveness of its homeopathic products’ treatment of ailments such as the flu, arthritis, sore joints, join pain, aches, fever, coughs, insomnia or sleeplessness.

According to the class action lawsuit, the active ingredients in Boiron’s products are so diluted that they are “effectively non-existent,” making them nothing more than sugar pills.

The proposed Boiron class action settlement was reached after “extensive investigation and discovery” by Class Counsel, which examined approximately 400,000 documents --  including scientific articles, marketing data, sales figures, and more – and consulted with a scientific expert, court documents say.

The Court also certified a class consisting of all U.S. consumers who purchased Boiron products from January 1, 2000 to Final Judgment in the litigation.

Keep checking Top Class Actions for details on how to file a claim for the Boiron Class Action Lawsuit Settlement when they become available. In the meantime, check out the Boiron & Hyland's Homeopathic Supplements Class Action Lawsuit Investigation going on now. 

 

The case is Salvatore Gallucci, et al. v. Boiron, Inc. and Boiron USA, Inc., Case No. 11-cv-02039, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California.