GOP Reluctant To Raise FDA Budget As Stakeholders Lobby For Big Increase

House Republicans appeared reluctant during a hearing this week to agree to any funding increase for FDA, despite the leading FDA stakeholder organization urging Congress for a fiscal 2025 funding amount $214 million above what President Joe Biden’s funding request asks for. In its official funding request for fiscal 2025 , the Alliance for a Stronger FDA says FDA should receive budget authority appropriations of $3.896 billion for salaries and expenses, plus $19 million for buildings and facilities. The number...