FDA on the Joe Rogan Experience
10 fact-checked claims across 9 episodes · Dec 2021 to Jan 2026 · updated Jul 12, 2026
Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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- Joe Rogan (2)
- Mary Talley Bowden (2)
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (2)
- Dr. Shawn Baker (1)
- Suzanne Humphries (1)
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“now do you not are you not aware of the opioid crisis you're not aware of vioxx not aware of the various like to 25 percent of all fda approved drugs that get …”
Rogan claims roughly 25 percent (one in four) of all FDA-approved drugs end up getting pulled from the market.
“the FDA for new drug, for new drug approvals, it's like 65% of that budget comes from the pharmaceutical industry itself. So they're like, they're paying to re…”
Baker claims about 65% of the FDA's new-drug-approval budget comes from pharmaceutical industry user fees.
“And I actually sued the FDA over that horse tweet and we won. It hasn't really changed anything. But so the FDA, when they put that information or misinformati…”
Bowden claims she sued the FDA over its ivermectin horse tweet and won.
“Well, yes, about 33%. They looked at it over 10 years. 33% had significant safety warnings on the drugs. And it took about four years for those to become recog…”
Bowden claims a study found about 33 percent of drugs had significant safety warnings recognized on average about four years after approval, over a 10-year period.
“A cigarette will consume 75 milligrams of vitamin C, and they tell you that you only need 190 milligrams a day. That's the FDA requirement.”
Humphries claims one cigarette consumes 75 milligrams of vitamin C and that the FDA daily requirement is 190 milligrams.
“The FDA is 75% funded by pharma. Like like like this isn't a conspiracy.”
Calley Means claims the FDA is 75 percent funded by the pharmaceutical industry.
“I think, what is the number, like one third of the drugs that the FDA approves gets pulled? It's fucking bananas.”
Rogan claims roughly one-third of FDA-approved drugs end up being pulled from the market.
“During the Biden administration, They illegally move those to category 2, which says, do not formulate. It was illegal because they're not supposed to do that …”
Kennedy claims the Biden administration's FDA illegally moved 19 peptides to a 'do not compound' category without any safety signal, driving a black market.
“He's put together a great little video clip in which he clearly documents the conspiracy between Janet Woodcock and Rick Bright to make it so that physicians c…”
Malone asserts that Zev Zelenko documented a conspiracy between FDA's Janet Woodcock and BARDA's Rick Bright to restrict hydroxychloroquine to hospital-only use.
“For example, almost 50% of FDA's budget comes from pharmaceutical companies. They're not working for us. They're working for the pharmaceutical company with CD…”
Kennedy claims nearly 50% of the FDA's budget comes from pharmaceutical companies via user fees, implying regulatory capture.