U.S. FDA says drugs approved in US before Europe
* FDA says 24 of 35 drugs in past year came to US first* Number of drugs approved was second highest in a decade* FDA seeks to gain support for user fees to fund reviewsBy Anna Yukhananov and Alina SelyukhWASHINGTON, ...

FDA Touts Increased Drug Approvals, Near Record for a Decade
Number of new drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the year ending in September 2011 an approval rate that has been exceeded just once in the previous decade.