Ted Cruz, Mike Lee push FDA to 'automatically' approve drugs used in 'trusted countries'
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GOP lawmakers are introducing a bill to allow the FDA to approve new drugs and medical devices if they alreadygot approval in certain countries.
The list of "trusted countries" includes the U.K., EU member countries, Israel, Australia, Canada and Japan. Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
"Healthcare decisions should be made by patients and their doctors – not government bureaucrats," Cruz said in a statement to Fox News. "We should allow patients to use life-saving drugs, devices, and medical therapies that other countries are successfully using. This is a common-sense advance in healthcare policy that would go a long way to moving America from a bureaucratic takeover of healthcare toward a patient-centered system."
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