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by KlaudijLikon 3557 days ago
The fact that you can patent a molecule blows my mind.
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This is how big pharma works.
Yep, isolate lovastatin from red yeast, patent it, market it, and then try to make the supplements take it out since they're not FDA regulated.

BTW, red yeast rice did wonders for my blood work.

Yeah, fuck that.