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Re:Third member of U.S. FDA advisory panel resigns over Alzh... by hackinthebochs on Friday June 11, 2021 @02:29PM (#27476898)
>Herbal supplements aren't considered drugs by the FDA

And what is considered a drug or not is at the discretion of the FDA and other agencies. This is a choice they make not to regulate supplements like drugs. This fact has no bearing on what level of regulation is appropriate for a given chemical. Don't avoid the meaningful discussion by citing trivia.

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Re:Third member of U.S. FDA advisory panel resigns over Alzh... by danso on Friday June 11, 2021 @02:54PM (#27477145)
See my reply further down the thread: 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?

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