US FDA COVID Funds Move Forward In Congress, No Strings Attached

Amendment to require one-firth of the money be devoted to therapeutic review was defeated by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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A debate of adding funding for NIH also put Democrats in an awkward position. • Source: Shutterstock

Restrictions will not be added to the US Food and Drug Administration’s additional coronavirus funding despite Republican efforts during a markup of the bill in the House Energy and Commerce Committee on 11 February.

Rep. Neal Dunn, R-FL, proposed that $100m of the $500m allocated to the FDA in the bill be reserved...

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