{"id":20950,"date":"2023-03-03T07:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20950"},"modified":"2023-03-03T07:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:51:15","slug":"fda-has-new-leverage-over-companies-looking-for-a-quicker-drug-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20950","title":{"rendered":"FDA has new leverage over companies looking for a quicker drug approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The huge spending bill that became law last December also included fixes to a problem that has dogged the Food and Drug Administration for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drugmakers could get fast approval for certain drugs \u2014 with preliminary data \u2014 on the promise that they would do more research after the fact to make sure the drugs worked. But companies were often slow to follow through on these so-called accelerated approvals, leaving patients uncertain about their medicines.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2023\/03\/03\/1160702899\/fda-enforcement-drug-approval-manufacturer-promises\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2023\/03\/03\/1160702899\/fda-enforcement-drug-approval-manufacturer-promises\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) The huge spending bill that became law last December also included fixes to a problem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,10,15],"tags":[76,146,65],"class_list":["post-20950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fda","category-legislative-update","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-fda","tag-fdas-accelerated-approval","tag-medicare-part-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20951,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20950\/revisions\/20951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}