07/07/2015
https://congress.gov...
"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."
"H.R. 4069, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, introduced by Reps. Marino and Blackburn, will facilitate greater collaboration between industry stakeholders and regulators ..."
"Today's legislative hearing focuses on three bills designed to improve the predictability and transparency in Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation."
"H.R. 4299, which seeks to improve the transparency and consistency of DEA's scheduling of new FDA-approved drugs."