The US FDA continues to give overly optimistic predictions of median ANDA times to approval, a popular performance measure for the generic drugs program.
ANDA Approval Times Get Optimistic Estimate In Budget Request
US FDA has historically overestimated generic review performance in budget requests, but recently underestimated the number of ANDAs it expects to approve.

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