White House seeks to double new drugs

The U.S. should implement policies that will double the output of new, innovative medicines for important unmet medical needs within 15 years, according to a report released Tuesday by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The report on "Propelling Innovation in Drug Discovery, Development, and Evaluation" said this goal could be met through increasing funding for basic, translational and regulatory science and creating a broad-based partnership bringing together government, industry, academia and other stakeholders to improve the discovery, development and evaluation of new medicines. ...