FDA Facing Possible Cuts – Or New Initiatives – In FY 2014 Budget, Hamburg Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Commissioner tells agency science board that both are on the table as the budget process begins in preparation for the fiscal year that begins in October 2013.
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