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It's unfortunate that in this legal situation the most it seems regulators can do is avoid giving snake oil regulatory legitimacy and hope that people are dissu
by vikramkr 7y ago
It's unfortunate that in this legal situation the most it seems regulators can do is avoid giving snake oil regulatory legitimacy and hope that people are dissuaded by "these statements have not been evaluated by the fda, and XYS is not approved to diagnose or treat any disease." At the very least though, it would be nice if the FDA didn't then turn around and give legitimacy to fancier snake oil - hopefully they do the right thing with biogen haha.
- hprotagonist 7y agoYou can thank orrin hatch for the total unregulation of the suppliments racket. Or curse him, which is probably the better course of action. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2019/02/12/the-fda-and-the-dietary-supplements https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2019/02/12/th... for actual drugs, the FDA can and does show up at your plant unannounced with guns for two weeks for an unannounced audit more or less whenever they want. I await the day they can drop the hammer on the woo-aisle at whole foods with very poorly concealed anticipatory shadenfraude. Right now the best they can do is to sue POM Wonderful and the like : https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2016/05/02/the-verdict-pom-wonderful-misled-its-customers-a-blow-to-its-billionaire-owners/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2016/05/02/the-ver...
- vikramkr 7y agoI wonder if going after Purell is a way to start testing the extent of their power? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/health/purell-fda-ebola-virus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/health/purell-fda-ebola-v...