Indeed, some drugs will not receive full patent protection in developing countries for 20 years.

However, the drug will not receive final approval until the council gives the agency more information on manufacturing and labeling.

To be sure, it may be 18 months or more before any antisense drug receive Federal approval and finds its way into regular medical use.

Many drugs receive regulatory approval for only a single crystal form or polymorph.

In most cases, the state itself is the insurer, reviewing claims, paying pharmacies and deciding which drugs a patient may receive.

The bill will ensure that more drug and alcohol addicts receive treatment, he says.

But after the drug receives accelerated approval, the company has to do larger studies to show that the drug does indeed prolong survival.

But once drugs receive approval for one purpose, they can be prescribed for other illnesses.

But when tests were conducted by scientists not paid by the company, the new drug received good marks only 61 percent of the time.

About 40 drugs have received approval under the act.