5/12/2008

Pharmaceutical Petition Threatens Weight Loss Supplements

From the Dietary Supplement Information Bureau

GlaxoSmithKline, the second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world and makers of many prescription and over-the-counter drugs has petitioned the FDA to classify weight loss claims for dietary supplements as 'disease claims'. Many believe that this is an effort by GlaxoSmithKline, makers of alli™, an over-the-counter weight loss drug, to quash competition from the dietary supplement weight loss industry...

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1 comments:

Don12560 said...

What a shame that people are being taken away their ability to choose healthy, nature-based supplements, scientifically shown to assist in weight loss, so the Big Drug Companies can shove down our throats more of their synthetic chemicals of dubious health, safety and benefit.

If the pharmaceutical industry is so concerned about our health and well-being, it should instead move to have all the makers of weight-loss or weight management natural and synthetic supplements, deemed as safe by the government, to post all the available objective science and testing behind the products.
Let the consumer decide for themselves.