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. 2015 Apr 22;79(5):847–859. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12552

Table 1.

Drugs approved through Notice of Compliance with conditions vs. those approved through a priority and standard review

Approval based on
NOC/c* Priority review Standard review
Total number NAS 27 86 265
Number (%) with serious safety warning and/or withdrawn from market for safety reason 11 (40.7) 24 (27.9) 50 (18.9)
 Number withdrawn from market with prior safety warning 0 1 6
 Number withdrawn from market without prior safety warning 2 0 6
Median time (interquartile range) from application for NOC§ or NOC/c to approval (days) 332 (274, 480) 235 (212, 487) 398 (349, 618)**
Median time (interquartile range) from NOC or NOC/c to first serious safety warning or withdrawal from market (days) 1614 (858, 1704) 944 (536, 1429)†† 1159 (637, 1583)‡‡
*

NOC/c = Notice of compliance with conditions.

NAS = New active substance.

§

NOC = Notice of compliance. ¶Compared with NOC/c, Mann−Whitney, P = 0.0757.

**

Compared with NOC/c, Mann−Whitney, P = 0.0124.

††

Compared with NOC/c, Mann−Whitney, P = 0.1265.

‡‡

Compared with NOC/c, Mann−Whitney, P = 0.2486.