The Food and Drug Administration is trying to make it easier for doctors to get approval of using experimental drugs on patients with life-threatening conditions.

The application physicians will now have to submit for a "compassionate use" drug consists of 11 questions, rather than 26. The agency estimates that doctors will be able to fill out the form in 45 minutes, on average.

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