FDA Flu Vaccine Oversight Gets Funding Boost Under FY 2005 Approps Bill
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FDA funding to review influenza vaccine production will be increased by $300,000 under the fiscal year omnibus spending bill
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