Contrary to the wide held opinion by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that trial and experimental drugs being administered in West African countries including Nigeria, on Ebola patients may lack clinical standards, the Federal Government Friday said such comments were not helpful.
FDA had on Friday said that the "by law, dietary supplements cannot claim to prevent or cure disease." The agency in a statement observed that "individuals promoting these unapproved and fraudulent products must take immediate action to correct or remove these claims or face potential FDA action."
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