Two thirds of new drugs are approved in the USA first, study finds

26 February 2018
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Research published in the European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has shown that the US Food and Drug Administration consistently beats other agencies to the finishing line in approving new drugs.

An analysis of data from the last decade shows that in two thirds of cases, the FDA was faster than either the European Medicines Agency or Switzerland’s Swissmedic in reaching approval.

The study, which looked at regulatory information, the approval date and indication for each drug, found that from 2007 to 2016, a total of 134 new drugs were approved by these three regulatory agencies.

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