10 drugmakers team up to improve testing process

Published September 19, 2012 6:24pm ET



TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Pharmaceutical industry heavyweights are teaming up to address a challenge that’s long vexed drugmakers: how to improve the way experimental drugs are tested so they can get approved, and reach patients, faster.

Ten top U.S. and European drugmakers said Wednesday that they have started a nonprofit organization, called TransCelerate BioPharma, to collaborate on the problem.

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