Medical Association's Diagnosis Of US Supplement Market Has Industry Asking For Second Opinion
Executive Summary
AMA decides “to call for more stringent federal regulation of supplements—including increased oversight of manufacturing, marketing, product labeling, and adverse event reporting.” But NPA CEO Daniel Fabricant says supplements account for a fraction of the problems linked to drugs approved for sale in the US. "We don’t have a vitamin C crisis in America, we do have an opioid crisis."
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