This year #FDA approved a record number of generic drugs. For the 11 months from Jan-Nov FDA gave 771 full and 168 tentative generic approvals. Plus, the Dec total is still to come. That compares to the second highest record, in 2016, with a 12-month total of 630 full approvals

— Scott Gottlieb, M.D. (@SGottliebFDA) December 25, 2017