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That's not how that works. If Biogen tried to sell unlabelled bottles of aducanumab, the FDA would come after them in a heartbeat.

Picture the judge in the court case: "So, you developed this new molecule that never existed before, spent years testing it to treat alzheimer's, there's been hundreds of news stories about it, there is no other reason a consumer would buy it, and it costs $50k, but you expect the court to believe you didn't think it was being sold as a treatment?"




Might I again refer you to the fact that you can literally buy arsenic on Amazon.

Would they do it? No. Would it be risky? Yes. Would it be illegal? No.




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