Senate Rx Import Plan Has Administration Support - If Funding Is Sufficient
Executive Summary
FDA estimates that it will need $23 mil. in new appropriations to set up a system to oversee pharmaceutical importation under the approach included in the Senate version of the agriculture appropriations bill.
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