FDA: Dump the GSK Supplement-Killer Petition!

Courtesy The DSIB Blog  Wed, 05/21/2008 - 18:13

by James J. Gormley 

On April 17th, 2008, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) submitted a Citizen Petition (FDA-2008-P-0248-0001) calling for the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reclassify all weight loss support claims for dietary supplements as disease claims.

GSK was joined in this petition by three organizations that it supports: the American Dietetic Association, The Obesity Society and Shaping America’s Health.

The organizations’ signatories included a lobbyist, a person who helped get obesity classified as...


 

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