Food and Drug Administration
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Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration held a news conference to announce the generic's approval, the first such gathering for a decision about a generic drug in recent memory. The agency now has a backlog of 850 applications for generic drugs, more than twice that of 2002. Food and Drug Administration held a news conference to announce the generic's approval, the first such gathering for a decision about a generic drug in recent memory. Gary Buehler, director of the Office of Generic Drugs at the agency, said that the generic-drug program is very important to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency now has a backlog of 850 applications for generic drugs, more than twice that of 2002.