Comments on: The “All-Natural” Way to Play Penny Pharma http://pennysleuth.com/the-%e2%80%9call-natural%e2%80%9d-way-to-play-penny-pharma/ Penny stocks, small-cap stocks, pink sheet stocks and OTCBB coverage by unbiased and independent analysts. Sat, 26 May 2012 01:44:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: WL Banning http://pennysleuth.com/the-%e2%80%9call-natural%e2%80%9d-way-to-play-penny-pharma/comment-page-1/#comment-15897 WL Banning Sun, 24 May 2009 11:13:47 +0000 http://pennysleuth.com/?p=2794#comment-15897 This is very important for the public to learn about. I was on radio over all the USA. in 1992 with DR.WEST, telling people to call their congressman ;To require alternative medicIne be signed in to the USA by Congress; Alternative medicine was approved by Congress for the USA. June 14,1993 . Alternative is protcted by LAW now in the USA. This is a good articile that you wrote wlb This is very important for the public to learn about.
I was on radio over all the USA. in 1992 with DR.WEST, telling people to call their congressman ;To require
alternative medicIne be signed in to the USA by Congress; Alternative medicine was approved by Congress for the USA. June 14,1993 . Alternative is protcted by LAW now in the USA.
This is a good articile that you wrote
wlb

]]> By: Larry http://pennysleuth.com/the-%e2%80%9call-natural%e2%80%9d-way-to-play-penny-pharma/comment-page-1/#comment-15737 Larry Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:33:40 +0000 http://pennysleuth.com/?p=2794#comment-15737 As recently as February of this year, the FDA banned vitamin B6, or pyridoxamine, by “declaring it to be a drug.” I don't think the ruling was final and it certainly is not in effect at this time. I can find pyridoxamine at many reputable vitamins sellers on the internet. As I understand it the ruling has been challenged and I doubt the FDA will get away with it. The best outcome could be similar to what happened when a pharmaceutical company came out with a high-priced fish oil supplement that was no better than the OTC versions. As could be predicted, hospitals prefer the overpriced pharmaceutical version to the reasonably priced OTC one. I guess it's a win-win situation: the pharma gets their high price through the hospital/physician channels while the consumer buys the OTC version off the shelf. As long as the FDA does not interfere, then both sides should be happy. As recently as February of this year, the FDA banned vitamin B6, or pyridoxamine, by “declaring it to be a drug.”

I don’t think the ruling was final and it certainly is not in effect at this time. I can find pyridoxamine at many reputable vitamins sellers on the internet. As I understand it the ruling has been challenged and I doubt the FDA will get away with it. The best outcome could be similar to what happened when a pharmaceutical company came out with a high-priced fish oil supplement that was no better than the OTC versions. As could be predicted, hospitals prefer the overpriced pharmaceutical version to the reasonably priced OTC one. I guess it’s a win-win situation: the pharma gets their high price through the hospital/physician channels while the consumer buys the OTC version off the shelf. As long as the FDA does not interfere, then both sides should be happy.

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