If Emu Oil works so well on so many different conditions, why is it not approved by the Food and Drug Administration?
A major problem is funding: Even a small study with say, 40 patients, can cost $80,000 or more and a large clinical study of the size the FDA really wants will cost in the vicinity of $1,000,000. Pharmaceutical companies with exclusive rights to a particular drug can direct that kind of money with a realistic belief of a justifiable return. There is simply no incentive to put this kind of money into FDA approval for a non proprietary product. EACH application (burns, eczema, psoriasis, etc.) for emu oil would have to endure the expense of a full FDA application process. Then ANYONE selling emu oil for an approved application could use that data to their benefit.
