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Pradaxa approval cited as result of flawed FDA process

An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association alleges that an effort by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to speed approval of new medicines has led to drugs making it onto the market without proper safety analysis.

The article specifically mentions the blood thinner Pradaxa, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The JAMA article is by Thomas J. Moore, who has written two books on drug safety and is ...

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