Comment · Mon, December 1, 2025 · ND Owner
Perika discontinued - any plans to take over the SJW extract?
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random-username-666 · 11 points
Hi ND Team! I've learned recently that the only hyperforin-standardized St. John's Wort extract out there, WS5570, sold under the brand Perika by Nature's Way, has been discontinued.
I know ND has been looking to do an SJW extract like WS5570 for a while, but has always run into a brick wall with Nature's Way owning the patent/rights/whatever, but perhaps now that they've abandoned their WS5570 product, ND could pick it up and offer a WS5570 product of their own? It's truly been one of the few things that has worked for my mom to help with depression and effectively get off SSRIs. Would be a shame to lose this helpful tool!
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tyham · 2 points
You could ask them to licence the patent since they've seem to have discontinued it.
Or wait till the patent expires.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
I already did years ago, and they ghosted me. I tried to work with Dr. Willmar Schwabe on it, and they wouldn't ever return my emails. They do not want to work with any other brands. They want to sell their own Nature's Way brand and that's it.