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Originally Posted by michaelmc
I don't know about the connection between Silence and Neways, but the Silence that the team will be advertising is a product developed by Persee Médica, a French company acquired by Omega Pharma in April of 2007. From what I could find, it looks like Silence has heretofore been distributed in France only. Looking at ingredient lists here and here, I don't think the French and American versions are the same product.
I do sure hope thats true. It really blows my mind to think that someone would want Neways as a cycling sponsor. The HGH scandal would be bad enough, but add in Multi-Level Marketing...Oh boy!
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