Drug Price Hikes, Shortages Follow FDA Crackdown On Unapproved Drugs

Study finds unintended consequences of FDA initiative requiring manufacturers of unapproved drugs to obtain approval or remove them from the market but FDA says study does not consider broad impact of the initiative.

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FDA's strategy for dealing with drugs marketed before the 1962 law requiring them to be proven efficacious may have led to an increase in drug prices and shortages, according to a study led by Yale University School of Medicine alumnus Ravi Gupta.

The researchers examined products that fell under FDA's 2006 Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI), which requires manufacturers of unapproved drugs to...

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