April 14, 2009
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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