A 2014 omnibus appropriations bill agreed to by Senate and House appropriators would give FDA $2.55 billion in discretionary funding, a $91 million increase. In news applauded by the device industry, the bill would also make available $85 million in previously sequestered FDA user fees.

FDA’s $4.7 billion fiscal 2014 budget request proposes new fees including $58.9 million from food establishment registrations and inspections, $19.1 million from cosmetics firms and $15.04 million from medical product reinspections.

One of US FDA’s most important publications ever, the Orange Book celebrates 40 years as the definitive guide to approved drug products and therapeutic equivalents. Even as the color has receded from the book itself, orange still generates appreciation from regulators and outside attorneys.