FDA funding
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Eleven trade associations, including CRN and CHPA, signed letters sent to the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate and House Appropriations/Agriculture Subcommittees on March 2, asking the committees to support increased funding for FDA. "We have joined together as a coalition because we all agree that the FDA needs additional resources," the letter states. President Clinton's FY 2001 budget request for FDA would provide the agency with a 13.3% funding hike; with user fees, human drugs would receive $329.8 mil., while the foods program would be allocated $328.9 mil. (1"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 14, p. 11). Commissioner Jane Henney, MD, testified before the Senate subcommittee on March 7 (2see related story, p. 11)