Researchers at a pharmaceutical company are convinced that they have found a cure for a horrible disease. they want to start selling the new drug right away. however, their company first has to spend millions of dollars to test the drug. which agency requires this action? food and drug administration federal communications commission federal trade commission national highway traffic safety administration transportation security agency

The correct answer is A.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and one of the federal executive departments.

The purpose of FDA is to ensure the protection of public health in the USA, it controls and supervises the production of medications, food, vaccines, tobacco and many more. Before a drug or a medicine is approved for public usage it has to undergo a variety of tests and screenings to see if it is safe to be taken or not. Side and negative effects of them are also tested and taken into consideration.

Some critics argue that the FDA's standards for approving new drugs are not rigorous enough thus allowing unsafe or ineffective drugs to be approved.