The estimated reduction, included in the White House OMB’s report to Congress, is equal to the cost of 900 to 1,200 agency employees, an agency advocate says. The across-the-board cuts loom with the failure of the congressional Super Committee to find $1.2 trillion in cuts over 10 years.
More than $300 million would be cut from FDA’s budget if federal funding sequestration is enacted in January, a reduction of about 8%.
A long-anticipated report from the White House Office of Management and Budget, released Sept. 14, detailed the potential...