new drug
noun
: a drug that has not been declared safe and effective by qualified experts under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the label and that may be a new chemical formula or an established drug prescribed for use in a new way
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But there have been more investigational new drug applications to the FDA that cite AI, STAT’s Katherine MacPhail and Mario Aguilar write.
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Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 17 May 2024
Patients and advocacy groups may be eager to have new drug treatments, but approving drugs without adequate data doesn’t serve anybody.
—Adriane Fugh-Berman, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
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Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 17 May 2024
Patients and advocacy groups may be eager to have new drug treatments, but approving drugs without adequate data doesn’t serve anybody.
—Adriane Fugh-Berman, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
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“New drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20drug. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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