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Exhibit 1183

The Risk We Bear: The Effects of Review Speed and Industry User Fees on New Drug Safety

Exhibit 1183 ยท Journal article

The Risk We Bear: The Effects of Review Speed and Industry User Fees on New Drug Safety

Results show that drugs receiving faster reviews are associated with increased counts of serious adverse drug reactions.

Examines drugs approved 1990-2001 and finds that faster reviews are associated with more serious adverse drug reactions, with controls for utilization, novelty and other factors. Abstract read (PubMed). Not the same author as Mancur Olson.

Source
Mary K. Olson, Journal of Health Economics 27(2):175-200
Date
March 2008
Quoted from
Abstract
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.007
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Standing note: opposite sign to Grabowski and Wang 2008 and Berndt et al. 2005 as reported by Lietzan (2024), who finds no association once novelty is controlled; the published record on PDUFA and safety is split.

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