FDA Again Presses For More Funds At Hearing On Latest Cures Draft

FDA officials repeated their calls for more agency funding, as a National Institutes of Health official thanked House lawmakers for including increased NIH funding in the second draft of Cures legislation. At a Thursday hearing, Energy and Commerce health subcommittee Democrats agreed that FDA needs more money given new mandates it would face if the Cures bill makes its way into law. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who has spearheaded the Cure initiative with E&C chair Fred Upton (R-MI), said that...