Drug Shortages, Inspections In Focus At US FDA Appropriations Hearing

Commissioner Robert Califf discussed the agency’s request for $12.3m to address shortages and legislation to require that manufacturers provide more detailed information about increased demand and supply chain vulnerabilities.

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Drug shortages, foreign manufacturing and supply chain vulnerability were a common, intertwined thread throughout the appropriations subcommittee hearing. • Source: Shutterstock

In between many tobacco and vaping questions, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf still managed to tout priorities important to drug oversight during a House subcommittee hearing on the agency's fiscal year 2025 budget request.

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