FDA’s Budget Proposal: It’s The User Fees’ Agency Now
Executive Summary
User fees, not appropriations, will make up the bulk of FDA’s human drug spending if President Obama’s FY 2014 budget comes to pass, a trend fueled by new user fee programs and cuts to taxpayer funding.
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