From HASCI's website (all information can be found by clicking 'News' then 'File: Hair Stem Cell transplantation'):
August 2010: HSI wins legal action with advertising code committee!
On 15 July 2010, HSI successfully defended itself before the Advertising Code Committee (RCC) against a complaint which had been submitted by a number of hair transplantation clinics in regard to the claims by HSI. This complaint was the most recent episode in the series of attempts by those clinics to discredit HSI. The immediate cause for the complaint concerned the HSI-claim of ‘hair multiplication’ as a result of the Hair Stem Cell Transplantation ® patented by HSI. Supposedly, there was no evidence for the hair multiplication claim. The complainants were:
Transhair BV
Aesthetic Team BV
Laser Surgery
Prohairclinic
Hairplus Medical Care
After hearing both parties and experts, the Committee reached the judgment that HSI had substantiated the claims sufficiently and that the complaint was therefore ruled unfounded.
The additional complaint that the well-known Dutch entertainer Gerard Joling had ‘linked his name’ to HSI was brushed aside as irrelevant.
Pretty clear cut case to me. Spin it any way you want but that's Dr. Feriduni's name on that retraction and that speaks very loudly.March 2011: board of appeal ruled in favour of HSI after legal action!
Following the decision by the Advertising Code Committee on 10 August 2010, Transhair B.V., Aesthetic Team B.V., Laser Surgery, Prohairclinic and Hairplus Medical Care appealed that decision by the Board of Appeal. But, once again, the ruling was in favour of the Hair Science Institute. And this time the decision is binding. The apparent frustration of aforementioned clinics in regard to the success of our Hair Stem Cell Transplantation® is an on-going story of accusations. All grievances were thoroughly refuted by Prof. Neumann of the Erasmus Medisch Centrum (Erasmus Medical Centre) and Dr Coen Gho of HSI. In addition, HSI’s claim of ‘hair multiplication’ was supported by Prof. P. van Zuijlen, Burn Medicine VUMC and Dr C. Lafaire, Medical Department, Head of the Burns Unit (Antwerp, Belgium).
The questions that, among others, Transhair has raised on its website in regard to our patented method have made it clear to us that there were good reasons for us to patent Hair Stem Cell Transplantation®.
You will find the complete judgment by the Board of Appeal plus the judgment of the Advertising Code Committee of last year which initiated this new appeal in the pdf below.
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