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Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Bill Hitches A Ride With US FDA User Fee Legislation

 
• By Bowman Cox

US legislation could advance new manufacturing platforms for drugs and biologics with academic R&D and workforce development and in turn spur domestic growth.

US Capitol building framed by tulips in spring
legislation has flowered again; may take root

Legislation promoting the research and development of advanced and continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies has again won US House approval, this time as part of must-pass FDA user fee legislation, which should increase its chances of finally winning Senate approval and becoming law.

The advanced and continuous manufacturing provision is missing from the version of the legislation to renew user fees for another...

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