US FDA Reforms In 2022: One Bill

US FDA Reforms In 2022: One Bill – Or Four?

06 May 2022

• By Michael McCaughan

The draft bipartisan user fee reauthorization bill includes more than 40 ride-along provisions to make changes at the US FDA. But there are at least three other bills moving in Congress that also make FDA reforms.

Four US Capitols — • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Shutterstock image

The release of the bipartisan House Energy & Commerce bill to reauthorize the US Food & Drug Administration’s user fee funding programs is a significant legislative milestone.

As is the by now well-established pattern, the every-five-year reauthorization process is an opportunity for Congress to weigh in with...