Shutdown: Will Drug Reviews Become ‘Emergencies’ When User Fee Money Runs Out?
Executive Summary
Exhaustion of US FDA's PDUFA funds before partial federal government shutdown ends could lead sponsors or agency to assert that reviews for certain types of drugs should continue under an exception to the Anti-Deficiency Act, former FDA officials say.
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