FDA warning letter · Drugs

UPSY LLC

Issued · Posted by FDA

Selected passages from the FDA letter

Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.

Passage 1

your website offers cannabidiol (CBD) products for sale in the United States and that these products are intended to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose, or cure COVID-19***1*** in people.

Passage 2

these products are unapproved new drugs sold in violation of section 505(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), 21 U.S.C. § 355(a).

Passage 3

these products are misbranded drugs under section 502 of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 352.

Passage 4

CBD may help patients cope with symptoms and mitigate the long-term pulmonary damage of the virus.

Passage 5

Some of the worst effects of COVID are caused by inflammation, and CBD is a potent anti-inflammatory.

Passage 6

they found that CBD can mitigate ARDS-like symptoms . . . [a]nother study examining CBD and COVID made similar conclusions.