UNITED STATES

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

____________

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

 

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 17, 2020

 

CHROMADEX CORPORATION

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

10900 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 600, Los Angeles, California 90024

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(310) 388-6706

 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On November 17, 2020, ChromaDex Corporation (the “Company”) received a warning letter (the “Letter”) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). The Letter references statements related to preclinical and clinical research and data involving nicotinamide riboside (“NR”) and COVID-19 that were included in certain press releases and social media posts issued by the Company (the “Company Disclosures”). The Letter asserts that the Company’s TRU NIAGEN® products are intended to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose or cure COVID-19 in violation of certain sections of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FD&C Act”) and the Federal Trade Commission Act (the “FTC Act”).

 

On November 18, 2020, the Company provided a response (the “Response”) to the Letter stating that the Company disagrees with the assertion in the Letter that the Company’s products are intended to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose or cure COVID-19 in violation of certain sections of the FD&C Act and the FTC Act. The Response notes that the Public Disclosures accurately describe the scientific research regarding NR and COVID-19, and that such Public Disclosures were not intended to suggest the use of the Company’s products for therapeutic purposes. However, in order to address the concerns from the Letter, the Company has deleted certain social media posts and removed certain press releases from its website, including the Public Disclosures. The Company believes that such corrective actions address the Letter in full, and the Company intends to seek guidance, as needed, from the FDA and FTC to ensure that statements made about the scientific research related to the Company’s products are appropriately disseminated in the future.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. These forward-looking statements include the possible resolution of the issues identified in the Letter and the Company’s intention to seek guidance from the FDA and FTC to ensure that statements made about the scientific research related to the Company’s products are appropriately disseminated. Forward-looking statements, which describe future plans, strategies, expectations and events, can otherwise generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or other similar terms. These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs, expectations and assumptions that are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including those risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The forward-looking statements included in this Current Report on Form 8-K speak only as of the date hereof, and except as required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any intent, obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

				CHROMADEX CORPORATION
Dated: November 23, 2020
				By:		/s/ Kevin M. Farr
						Name: Kevin M. Farr
						Chief Financial Officer