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FDA rules aim to speed drug tests and trim costs

Changes will boost scientists at colleges and small companies

By Diedtra Henderson
Globe Staff / January 13, 2006

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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued new guidelines that make it easier for scientists working in universities and small companies to test promising therapies in humans without matching the hefty spending of large drug companies. (Full article: 789 words)

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