(Bloomberg) -- Since 2012, an increasing number of drugs have been approved by U.S. regulators through programs meant to speed them to market.

It’s good news for patients who benefit sooner from potentially life-saving treatments.

The downside, a government watchdog agency said Thursday, is that the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t been keeping up with monitoring what happens after the drugs are being prescribed to patients--as it should.

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