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Nature Medicine 12, 373 (2006)
Published online: 29 March 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0406-373b

US drug approval ignores science's subtleties, experts say

Emily Waltz1

  1. New York


The FDA should be more flexible in reacting to safety concerns.


A multiple sclerosis drug yanked off the market last year is on track to return, prompting some experts to say it should perhaps not have been withdrawn in the first place.A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel in March voted unanimously to allow the drug, Tysabri, back on the market with some restrictions.

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