See my reply further down the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27475833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27475833 You're right the FDA decides

See my reply further down the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27475833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27475833 You're right the FDA decides those categories. But Biogen is the one that created the compound and is pitching it as a drug, when they could've sold it as a nutritional supplement. Why exactly do you think they did that?