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Significant Scientific Agreement

Meaning

A legal and regulatory standard used by agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to determine the threshold of evidence required to support a health claim or to grant approval for a medical intervention. It signifies that the totality of publicly available scientific evidence, including well-designed human clinical trials, overwhelmingly supports the efficacy and safety of a particular product or relationship between a substance and a health outcome. This high bar of consensus is necessary to distinguish robust, reliable clinical findings from preliminary or anecdotal data in the often-complex field of hormonal health.