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Thursday, June 19, 2025

The FDA is introducing a new priority voucher program designed to shorten the drug review process from 10 to 12 months down to one or two months, according to the agency. The federal outfit's "Commissioner's National Priority Voucher" (CNPV) program will include a "limited number of vouchers" for "companies aligned with U.S. national priorities," according to a June 17 press release.

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The FDA is launching a program to reward companies with accelerated drug review and speedy agency feedback, if their actions align with the agency's national health priorities. www.statnews.com/2025/06/17/f ...

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-- STAT (@statnews.com) Jun 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM

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..."These vouchers are non-transferrable," an FDA spokesperson told Fierce Biotech. "However, they will remain valid through changes in company ownership."

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., will determine a company's eligibility for CNPV by assessing whether the biopharma is addressing several national priorities. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-17 10:26 PM | Reply

So, Pres Trump seems to be inserting himself into the FDA drug approval process?

What might that mean?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-17 10:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

You pay if you wanna play, capiche?

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-18 12:02 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

We've gone from idiots refusing to take a vaccine a decade in the making because "it was rushed" to now paying for medicines to be rammed through if the company pays for it.

This is idiocracy.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-06-19 09:01 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 6

The federal outfit's "Commissioner's National Priority Voucher" (CNPV) program will include a "limited number of vouchers" for "companies aligned with U.S. national priorities,"

Translation: Write a 12 page essay on why you love Trump and donate $200 million to Donald himself (make the check out to 'Cash')

#5 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-06-19 05:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Trump needs bribes from everyone for everything.

#6 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-06-19 05:52 PM | Reply

@#6 ... Trump needs bribes from everyone for everything. ...

Yup, apparently the bribing of Trump, Inc seems to be a new "national priority" for corporations to support.


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-19 06:43 PM | Reply

Only the very "meritorious".

#8 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-06-21 12:17 PM | Reply

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