FDA Budget Faces $319 Million Cut Under Sequestration

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...

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