Global Pharmaceutical Companies “Rushing Into” Dietary Supplement Market.

reports that global pharmaceutical companies are “rushing into” the nutraceutical market, “putting hundreds of millions of dollars behind new nutraceutical products that can move quickly onto store shelves without much federal oversight.” The market is “already huge,” as “studies show between half and two-thirds of Americans use dietary supplements,” and the relaxed regulation decreases the cost of developing and marketing products. http://www.statnews.com/2015/11/16/celebrity-selfies-lax-regulations-drive-booming-supplement-industry/