Since the 1970s, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski has claimed his antineoplaston therapy can treat certain cancers. The FDA and Texas Medical Board repeatedly tried to shut him down, bringing criminal charges in the 1990s. He was acquitted of all 75 counts in 1997. Some patients reported results. However, no randomized controlled trials have proven efficacy, and the FDA cited numerous protocol violations. The case represents the tension between innovation persecution and the need for rigorous evidence.
Dr. Burzynski's cancer treatment was targeted by the FDA for decades — acquitted of all charges but the therapy remains in scientific limbo
“The FDA is persecuting Dr. Burzynski because his therapy threatens the pharmaceutical industry's cancer treatment monopoly.”
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