cannot find plz tell me who makes
Sorry for the long post (this info is from the above-mentioned website). I do think it's worth it for anyone considering taking the product to go to that website and read all the info...
Who makes Anatabloc?
This is where things get a little complicated. It’s said that Anatabloc is produced by a company called “
Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals.” With an impressive name like that, you’d think this was a big pharmaceutical company like
Merck or
Pfizer. That’s what I thought. But, I couldn’t find a website for Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals.
I found this strange.
When I went to the Anatabloc website (Anatabloc.com), I saw that they don’t list an address for Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals. They do however give a number to call and order Anatabloc : 800-778-2031.
So I called this number, and discovered that it’s not the phone number for Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals. Rather, this number takes you to a
call center in Michigan where people can order Anatabloc. I wanted to know where Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals was located, but the person I spoke with could not tell me. He did refer me to another call center number (800 391 9164) which is the customer service call center, located in Lansing Michigan.
The person I spoke with at this call center told me that Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals is located at
181 Marsh Hill Road Orange CT 06477. The link I’ve provided shows what this address looks like. It’s a highway. I only saw a house in the distance. Other than that, I saw nothing but highway and trees.
So, I then checked the
Better Business Bureau website for Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals and discovered yet another address. The address the BBB has is
4470 Cox Rd Ste 110, Glen Allen, VA 23060. This address is a parking lot adjacent to a large building.
According to Google, several businesses are located at this address, including
Star Tobacco Inc. This is important, because if you
Google Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, one of the websites that comes up is
Star Scientific.
It turns out that Star Scientific and Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals are the
same company! Star Tobacco Inc. is a subsidiary of Star Scientific —as is Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals. This make sense because Anatabine— the main ingredient in Anatabloc —is also found in tobacco.
Star Scientific is a publicly traded company. Its stock symbol is
STSI. Star Scientific works to reduce the damage from smoking tobacco. In other words, part of their work is to try to make a “healthier” form of tobacco.
According to a 2012 blurb about Star Tobacco in
Bloomberg Business Week, Star Tobacco lists yet another address of 801 Liberty Way Chester, VA 23836. According to
Loopnet.com this is a distribution center. I’m guessing this might be where they ship Anatabloc from?
The customer service person I spoke with told me that Star Scientific does the actual science on Anatabloc, while Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals is the maker and distribution center for the product.
Since Star Scientific works with tobacco, I can only guess that they chose the clean, wholesome-sounding name, Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals, to distance themselves from the negative association people usually have of tobacco products.
Update. As reported in the
Winston-Salem Journal on 12/17/12, Star Scientific is getting out of the tobacco business to focus on development of Anatabloc and other health and wellness products. The reasons for the change are cited as being due to US tobacco regulations and the
“negative impact” of having a company in the tobacco business at getting researchers interested in investigating anatabine as a product to reduce excessive inflammation.
The journal also cites that Star Scientific’s association with
GNC puts their product within reach of most people in the US, given that there is a GNC within 5 or less miles of 95% of all Americans.
