Reagan-Udall pushback

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., wants FDA to halt efforts to establish the Reagan-Udall Foundation, a non-profit advisory body established by the recently enacted FDA Amendments Act. "The potential for pressure on FDA staff from Reagan-Udall Foundation-endorsed research is enormous," the chair of the House subcommittee overseeing FDA's budget writes in a Nov. 1 letter to Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach. The foundation, to be funded from donations, patent revenue and FDA's budget, is tasked to work with FDA on its critical path initiative and other product development efforts (1"The Tan Sheet" Oct. 8, 2007, In Brief). By law, four members of the yet-unnamed 14-person foundation board must be from the drug, device, food, cosmetic and biotech industries...