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HRD-82-16 1 (1981-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabctl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RELEASED ft l ......r!) , -- ,:,, : , a *,, ,, ra l , ,,: Y,: , : k, , ; & J J ; P O C A 'a l REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Speeding Up The Drug Review Process: Results Encouraging-- But Progress Slow Th' Food and Drug Administration's efforts to speed drug review are encouraging. Since Oc tober I, 1978, FDA has approved more dr gs in less time than before despite an in- creased workload. The greatest reductions were made in approvals of important drugs (d ugs that in F DA's judgment provide a th rapeutic gain over any marketed drugs). H cwever these approvals represent only about 4( percent of those in process since 00ober I, 1978, and it is too early to tell wlether the positive trend will continue. Reduction of approval time has not been cosistent throughout all FDA divisions, and processing times should be further reduced. G40 is recommending actions that the Secre- tary of Health and Human Services could take to further reduce drug review time. 8r 7,q 117126 H RD-82-16 NOVEMBEA 23. 1981 V~7~d-%/~A I lIfl2b f 6/ 1? 1 ) 1171Z-

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