USER FEE REPORTS OVERDUE FROM FDA ARE UNDERGOING "FINAL CLEARANCE," FDA's KESSLER ASSURES SENATE HEARING; PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PROGRAM QUESTIONED
Executive Summary
FDA's two delayed reports on the prescription drug user fee program have been prepared by the agency and are wending their way through HHS review, FDA Commissioner Kessler indicated during an FY 1995 budget hearing before the Senate Appropriations/Agriculture Subcommittee on May 10. The two reports are in final clearance "within the Department of Health and Human Services," Kessler testified.
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