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Nature Medicine 12, 153 (2006)
Published online: 31 January 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0206-153

Earlier drug tests on people could be unsafe, critics warn

Meredith Wadman1

  1. Washington, DC


The FDA has set new guidelines to speed up drug development.


The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January announced a significant loosening of the rules that govern at what stage experimental drugs can first be tested in people. The changes are intended to speed up drug development, but critics say they might expose research participants to unwarranted danger.

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