FDA chief Makary promises 'powerful' new treatments

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00:00In our term, in this administration, you're going to see a powerful treatment for certain types of

00:05cancer, I believe, for neurodegenerative disorders, some in particular. Like Parkinson's.

00:14Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, something. I want to see something meaningful come to market. And so

00:20right now we have a process where it takes 10 to 12 years for a drug to come to market.

00:24It makes no sense. And so we're challenging that assumption. We have a new program to get decisions

00:30out in weeks. We are going into the pipeline, searching for powerful cures. I want to see a

00:37treatment for PTSD. We have veterans who are still suffering from these wars. I want to see a

00:45universal flu shot so you don't come in every year and we guess what the strain is. We want to see

00:50powerful new treatments.