The nursing student is studying how priority drugs receive accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of the FDA modernization. Which conditions are the priority drugs used to treat?

Question

1. Diseases that previously were treated with older and less popular drugs
2. Diseases that affect only a small percentage of the population
3. Diseases for which the community raises money for treatment
4. Serious and life-threatening conditions that lack effective treatments

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: The process does not cover only diseases that were covered with older drugs, but also diseases that are serious and lack effective treatment.
Rationale 2: There are serious diseases that affect only a small percentage of the population, but this is not a criterion for the accelerated process.
Rationale 3: Although the community might raise money for serious and life-threatening conditions, that is not a criterion for accelerated FDA approval.
Rationale 4: The accelerated approval process is for drugs for serious and life-threatening conditions.
Global Rationale: The accelerated approval process is for drugs for serious and life-threatening conditions. The process does not cover only diseases that were covered with older drugs, but also diseases that are serious and lack effective treatment. There are serious diseases that affect only a small percentage of the population, but this is not a criterion for the accelerated process. Although the community might raise money for serious and life-threatening conditions, that is not a criterion for accelerated FDA approval.