Those results were not considered good enough to win the drug approval.

They became concerned with the drug approval process' impact on human health.

This patients' perspective can play an important role in drug approval.

Some of its efforts to speed federal drug approval have failed.

Questions about potential conflicts of interest continue to dog the federal drug approval process.

The example of drug approval in Canada serves as a model here.

All three groups felt that drug approvals were taking far too long.

With drug approval currently taking on average 10 years, doctors want to speed up the process.

It could shave years off the traditional drug approval process.

The bill also takes the first steps to turn over drug approval to private groups paid for by the pharmaceutical industry.

To learn more about the process for drug approvals in Canada.

The studies were Phase 3 trials, a last step on the road to drug approval.

Sales have been flat but new drug approvals may help.

It was the first new drug approval for Roche in more than a year.

That's because drug approval is based on relatively small studies with patients who generally are healthier than those in the general population.

The agency has also improved its drug approval process in recent years, but only with financial help from the pharmaceutical industry.

Federal food and drug officials said the study could lead to changes in the drug approval process.

As a result, no deer contraceptive yet has won federal drug approval.

She shifted her efforts towards creating better quality of drug approval.

Suddenly there was patient involvement in issues like drug approval."

In the current year, it is spending $1.9 billion on research, prevention, drug approvals and special treatment programs.

User fees cover roughly 65 percent of the drug approval process.

Last year alone, the number of new drug approvals skyrocketed to 160.

Today, the average drug approval time has dropped to 12 months, from about 30 months before the law was passed.

These kinds of tests are seen as a way to streamline the drug approval process.