While nutritional supplement patents are not unheard of, it is still somewhat unusual for nutritional supplement makers to apply for patents on their formulations. Instead, supplement makers typically rely on trade secret protection, creating proprietary blends of ingredients and keeping the formula secret. Unlike makers of prescription drugs, supplement manufacturers do not have to endure [...]

This article titled Big problem for BioStratum describes how the active ingredient in this company’s drug (now in Phase II trials) is available for purchase on the Internet as a nutritional supplement. The drug, Pyridorin, has an active ingredient of pyridoxamine. Pyridoxamine is derived from Vitamin B6. The article says that the compound is available [...]