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> Well,obviously if a laboratory creates a new drug,and that drug is not approved by the FDA,that drug is illegal. Is that true? I thought the FDA could only r
by MichaelApproved 12y ago
> Well,obviously if a laboratory creates a new drug,and that drug is not approved by the FDA,that drug is illegal.
Is that true? I thought the FDA could only regulate drugs that made a claim to treat or cure a disease. If it wasn't specifically illegal or if it isn't making a claim to treat a disease, the FDA doesn't have jurisdiction to regulate it.
Can someone with a source confirm or debunk this?
- rosser 12y agoThe FDA only has jurisdiction over things that are intended to "diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent" an illness. Witness the incredible boom in dietary supplements, (nearly) all of which disclaim exactly the quoted verbiage. (Those that don't disclaim doing those things tend to get a lawyergram from the FDA in short order. See what happened to 23andMe's service a while back as one case in point.)