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Congress will spend the summer reviewing changes to how drugs are reviewed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration. We joined a broad coalition in a letter<\/a> to urge Congress to include stronger oversight of certain drugs that come to our pharmacy shelves through \u201caccelerated approval.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

To get certain drugs to patients faster, the FDA is allowed to accept a lower standard of proof that the drug is safe and effective. But the drug companies are then supposed to conduct a full post-market clinical trial to ensure the medication truly works to make patients healthier. Our letter points out that drug companies have not consistently started or completed these required post-market trials<\/a>, meaning \u201ctoo many products have lingered on the market and potentially endangered patients who continue to take these medications.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time to fix the proven problems that have arisen under the accelerated approval pathway,\u201d said Patricia Kelmar<\/a>, U.S. PIRG\u2019s health care campaigns director. \u201cSwifter approval is great for patients if the drug is as safe and effective as hoped. But the post-market trials must be conducted without delay to ensure we aren\u2019t being given false hope or being exposed to medications that could have harmful effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

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