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Drugmakers are slow to prove medicines that got a fast track to market really work

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Kristi Alcayaga's teenage son, Michael, was able to try a cancer drug called clofarabine that got an accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration. But the medicine didn't help him. (Jovelle Tamayo for NPR)
Kristi Alcayaga's teenage son, Michael, was able to try a cancer drug called clofarabine that got an accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration. But the medicine didn't help him. (Jovelle Tamayo for NPR)

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