Trump at­tacks “slow and bur­den­some” drug ap­proval process, trig­ger­ing a pitch from Am­i­cus CEO

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump out­lined his po­lit­i­cal agen­da for 2017 in his ad­dress to a joint ses­sion of Con­gress Tues­day night, aim­ing a broad­side di­rect­ed straight at the “bur­den­some” drug ap­proval process at the FDA. And a promi­nent CEO in the rare dis­ease field stepped in­to Trump’s high pow­ered spot­light to urge a change in the way the agency han­dles or­phan drugs while mak­ing a pitch for a speedy re­ver­sal of a painful set­back hand­ed to him by reg­u­la­tors last year.

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