Elon Musk botches his criticism of the US drug authorities

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When Elon Musk recently protested across Pennsylvania for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, he criticized the US government for issuing too many rules and regulations. But in a twist on Musk's well-known lawsuit, he cited the FDA and a cancer drug called Welireg, not rockets, electric cars or satellites.

Earlier this year, a friend's mother took Welireg in a clinical trial and it cured her brain cancer, Musk explained on stage at a town hall meeting.