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natural remedies are not patentable Never underestimate the ability of our dystopian modernity to do precisely this. Amarin patented a specific variation of fi
by daxorid 7y ago
natural remedies are not patentable
Never underestimate the ability of our dystopian modernity to do precisely this. Amarin patented a specific variation of fish oil (one that is no more bioavailable than literally eating a fish, just more concentrated), branded it Vascepa, and the FDA approved it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarin_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarin_Corporation
I'm sure there are plenty more examples of this, but this is the obvious one that comes to mind.
- hcknwscommenter 7y agoFDA approval has nothing to do with patentability.