Stakeholders Say Obama's 2017 FDA Budget 'Disappointing' and 'Alarming'

With a request of $5.1 billion for FDA, President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2017 budget proposal seeks a $358 billion funding bump for FDA with a focus on medical product safety, food safety, the vice president's cancer "moonshot" initiative and precision medicine. The request represents a 7.5 percent increase over 2016 funding levels, including new budget authority and user fees, which upsets FDA funding advocates who note the agency received higher increases in recent years. The budget proposal also includes...