FDA Again Seeks New Drug Shortage Authority Amid E&C Partisan Spat

FDA this week reasserted its call for Congress to give the agency new authorities to stem drug shortages, and in the process inserted itself into a spat between Energy & Commerce Republicans and ranking Democrat Frank Pallone (NJ) over whether the request should be taken up as part of must-pass pandemic preparedness legislation. Pallone blasted the GOP this week for not including the FDA proposal on the list of measures to be discussed at a hearing next Tuesday (June 13)...