FDA Budget Issues Creep Into Strategic Priorities
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
“Given the limited availability of investment capital for medical product development, early clarification of regulatory requirements is critical,” FDA says. Agency officials included stewardship, such as doing more with less funding, among the cross-cutting strategic priorities in its draft strategic priorities document for 2014-2018.
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