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Ron Johnson: “The reason it takes 10 years is the approval process. And…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson at HSGAC

Published | Video Starts at 28:01

And the question is, why does it, it doesn't take 10 years to really develop a drug. You can have a breakthrough. You can come up with the chemistry of it. The reason it takes 10 years is the approval process. And now the $2.6 billion is the latest cost. It's really what I said about shifting the standard when the standard is truly safety. We don't want to give toxic stuff and we want to know how you can administer the drug safely. (28:01–28:09)

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Asserts that the drug approval process takes 10 years and costs $2.6 billion.

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