SCOTUS case on ‘sexual energy’ pills highlights FDA oversight role - STAT

SCOTUS case on ‘sexual energy’ pills highlights FDA oversight role - STAT





Good morning, and happy Monday! Andrew Joseph here filling in for Megan for the week. You can reach me at andrew.joseph@statnews.com.

Inside STAT: SCOTUS and 'Cobra Sexual Energy'

Weird headline, right? Well, this week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case between California men and a company that sells a dietary supplement called “Cobra Sexual Energy,” which purports to help with “animal magnetism.” The justices will be weighing the class-action status of the case, but as STAT’s Nicholas Florko reports from Washington, the legal fight also points to the restricted role federal regulators have in policing the supplement industry. Because the FDA can only take action against the industry in limited situations, customers who feel like a product’s hype didn’t pan out are increasingly filing suit against supplement companies. Read more here.