1.   Both the agency and industry want to revise the law, with industry looking for faster review times and the agency looking for higher user fees.

2.   -- Establish annual targets for review times and eliminate the backlog for drug, device and biologic applications.

3.   After coming up short last year, congressional Republicans will try again to overhaul FDA procedures to speed up the review times and loosen approval requirements.

4.   Currently, the average review time is five years.

5.   Drug makers and biotechnology companies have been paying the fees willingly for the last five years in exchange for faster review times for their products.

6.   Engineering diagrams were sent electronically, reducing review time from weeks to hours, Vardeman said.

7.   If the agency fails to meet the specific review times, a company could still market its product on the basis of approval by the European Union.

8.   In one category, color additives, there was no data available from the FDA on review times, CSE said.

9.   In return for the increase, the plan calls for the FDA to reduce its review times.

10.   In September, the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, which assesses industry fees in return for more staffing and faster review times at the FDA, will expire.