Andrew Huberman· PhD
There was a FDA ruling that NMN is now a drug.
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There was a FDA ruling that NMN is now a drug.
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So earlier this year-- that is in 2023-- there was a filing for NMN as a experimental drug in a clinical trial. And as a consequence, NMN was listed as a banned or not allowed to be commercially sold supplement.
the supplement nmn suddenly the FDA decided that it should not be sold over the counter um anymore because there was a clinical trial initiated on nmn which essentially makes nmn a drug for clinical testing and thereby can't be classified as a supplement any longer that was the rationale As I understood it
The FDA’s letter is based on the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, which states “...the term 'dietary supplement' does not include an article authorized for investigation as a new drug...”