US FDA Might Face Funding Penalty For Missing User Fee Goals

Industry representatives support adding a provision to the user fee agreements that would withdraw some taxpayer funding if the agency does not meet its deliverables.

FDA could find itself in danger of losing budget authority if it does not meet the goals in its user fee agreements, threatening a potentially deeper funding cut than the administration already has proposed.

Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, has floated the idea of adding a provision to the user fee legislation that would dock...