New at Reason: Ron Bailey on Canada's Suprising Proposal to Fast Track New Drugs to Patients
In 2007, the FDA approved only 19 new drugs, the lowest number since 1983. That figure rose to just 24 new medicines last year. Which means we're taking too long to get life-saving new therapies to patients. Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey looks at a genuinely interesting idea for how to do this from the land of long health care queues.
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