Implementing User Fees Should Be Lighter Lift For FDA This Time Around; Bill Heads To White House
Executive Summary
The 2017 user fee reauthorization bill contains provisions that should be significantly easier for the agency to implement compared with the 2012 measure. Senate clears clean bill for president's review.
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