FDA Budget Request Leans On Proposed User Fees For Drug Safety Funding
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Funding for FDA's drug safety programs would receive a boost from user fees under President Bush's fiscal 2009 budget request, allowing the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research to hire an additional 283 full-time staff, for a total of 2,820
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