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Joe Pitts: “It now takes, on average, well over a billion dollars and 14 years from the time a drug is discovered to the time of…”

On the recordApril 6, 2014
It now takes, on average, well over a billion dollars and 14 years from the time a drug is discovered to the time of approval.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the lengthy and costly drug approval process.

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