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It can easily take 10 years or more for a pharmaceutical company to get their drug from the test phase to when it is approved for human consumption by the FDA.

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5 to 10 years after successful animal testing

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It takes at least a year for a new drug to be tested and approved. The drug has to go through many levels of testing before it can be approved.

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It takes about 10 to 15 years for a new drug to be tested and approved for sale in the United States.

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