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A Rapid and Quantitative Fluorimetric Method for Protein-Targeting Small Molecule Drug Screening
Published on: October 16, 2015
Resumen
La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos (FDA) acortará los tiempos de revisión de nuevos medicamentos a la mitad, de dos años a uno. Esta aceleración se financia con las tarifas de usuario pagadas por las compañías farmacéuticas para contratar a más revisores.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias Farmacéuticas Ciencias Farmacéuticas
- Asuntos reglamentarios Asuntos reglamentarios
- Política de salud pública Política de salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos (FDA) se enfrenta a desafíos en la revisión oportuna de nuevos productos farmacéuticos.
- Los períodos de revisión prolongados pueden retrasar el acceso del paciente a medicamentos potencialmente salvavidas.
- Los procesos actuales de revisión de la FDA tienen un promedio de dos años para las aprobaciones de nuevos medicamentos.
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