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FDA damned if it does, damned if it doesn't

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The FDA just can't win. After years of public ridicule and congressional scrutiny, the Food and Drug Administration is taking a tougher stance against drugmakers in its review of new medicines. That new cautiousness, however, rankles its most powerful constituents: Big Pharma CEOs who charge that the agency is standing in the way of new medicines - and progress.

So is the FDA really to blame?

The agency's critics are vexed about recent reports that show FDA regulators have approved only 15 novel medicines so far this year - a pace that will likely match a 10-year low reached in 2002. Big Pharma CEOs contend that the FDA has become too anxious and hyper-vigilant about safety, requiring reams of additional data before it can make a decision.

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