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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday named seven companies selected for its FDA PreCheck Pilot Program.

The initiative aims at strengthening domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing, improving the resilience of the U.S. drug supply chain and providing companies with earlier regulatory engagement as they build new U.S. production facilities.

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