Doing More With … Well, About The Same. Congress Gives FDA Slight Bump In ‘24 Budget

A funding package of six budget bills required to avoid a government shutdown shows that Congress plans to allocate $6.72bn to the FDA for FY 2024, an increase of just over 2% above the agency’s 2023 budget. The increase, however, comes from user fees, not the agency’s budget authority, which lawmakers cut by $8m from last year.