FDA Gets $91 Million Boost, Sequestered User Fees In 2014 Appropriation
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A 2014 omnibus appropriations bill agreed to by Senate and House appropriators would give FDA $2.55 billion in discretionary funding, a $91 million increase. In news applauded by the device industry, the bill would also make available $85 million in previously sequestered FDA user fees.
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