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“We just approved two new drugs, two new oncology drugs, in record time, one in 45 days. The closest before that was 310 days.”
Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. Claim dated 16 Apr 2026.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading

What FactCheck.org found

The two oncology drugs reviews, while fast, were not records for drug review speed. The 310-days figure represents an average review speed for new drugs overall in 2025.

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In short

Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. made this claim around 16 April 2026. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 May 2026, 35 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.

Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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