The answer is buried within your message. As someone who worked close with company that entirely relied their existance on FDA, I will tell you FDA is not there

The answer is buried within your message. As someone who worked close with company that entirely relied their existance on FDA, I will tell you FDA is not there to protect consumers or fight against miracle scam products; its there to protect business of those who pay the most (large corporations -- hello vaccines) from other small players who try to enter the market with (many times) better /cheaper/smarter product that the huge guys are offering. Its a dictatorship and protectionism at its best. Huge corporations cannot afford to spend 300 million dollars on some flu vaccine knowing that some little guy can pop up any minute with some more affordable alternative. It sad, its broken and its rot to the core when it affect human lives. As of 23 I think they simply pissed FDA off one bit too much and now they are paying the price. It has nothing to do whether their product is safe, whether or not it promises miracles or simply a basic knowledge, or anything consumer-centric.