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Balancing Safety And Availability: A Historical Perspective On The Pace Of Drug Approval, 1950s-2009., Fabienne C. Meier-Abt
Balancing Safety And Availability: A Historical Perspective On The Pace Of Drug Approval, 1950s-2009., Fabienne C. Meier-Abt
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BALANCING SAFETY AND AVAILABILITY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE PACE OF DRUG APPROVAL, 1950s-2009. Fabienne C. Meier-Abt and Bruno J. Strasser. Department of History of Medicine, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Over the course of the past 50 years, drug approval processes have ranged from 42 days to more than 10 years. What are the consequences of slow or rapid drug approvals on drug safety and drug availability? How slow is too slow? How fast is too fast? These questions have engaged the public, the government, physicians and the pharmaceutical industry for decades. This essay adopts a …