Senate Appropriations Committee Passes $80 Million Increase For FDA

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday (Sept. 19) passed a bill that would give FDA an $80 million funding boost in fiscal 2020, with substantial investments in the agency’s medical countermeasures initiatives, pathogen reduction efforts, compounding oversight, food safety and outbreak prevention, cannabidiol activities and infrastructure maintenance. The bill comes as a partisan deadlock in the Senate over controversial riders threatens to derail the government funding process . One expert on the FDA budget warned that it is now virtually...