One-Third Of New Drugs Had Safety Problems After FDA Approval
▻http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/09/527575055/one-third-of-new-drugs-had-safety-problems-after-fda-approval
The Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from the Trump administration to approve drugs faster, but researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found that nearly a third of those approved from 2001 through 2010 had major safety issues years after the medications were made widely available to patients.
[...] It took a median of 4.2 years after the drugs were approved for these safety concerns to come to light, the study found [...]. Drugs ushered through the #FDA's accelerated approval process were among those that had higher rates of safety interventions.