More ridiculous FDA mistakes


	More ridiculous FDA mistakes

echeryl

6-23-2009 6:11 AM

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echeryl says:

FDA lets Co. patent a natural, cheap supplement. This should be reversed! Too bad if the Pharma wasted their own money!

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