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April 28, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first pill manufactured from donated human poop, the agency announced(opens in new tab) Wednesday (April 26). It’s the second human poop-derived treatment ever approved; the first was an enema-based treatment(opens in new tab) cleared for use in December 2022.
Previously, such “fecal microbiota transplants” were considered investigational treatments and were therefore harder for patients to access and often not covered by insurance.