The odds of a drug having a significant safety issue after winning FDA approval are nearly 1 in 3, study finds

Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - 18:51 in Health & Medicine

Almost one-third of new drugs approved by U.S. regulators over a decade ended up years later with warnings about unexpected — sometimes life-threatening — side effects or complications, according to a new analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. Researchers looked at potential problems...

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