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Fresh laws on the regulation of medicines are working their way through the US Congress — but will they strike the right balance between public safety and innovation? Meredith Wadman investigates.

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Moment of reckoning. Nature 446, 844–845 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446844a

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