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Alliance for a Stronger Fda
FDA Commissioner Provides First-Ever 'Professional Judgment Letter' on FDA's Immediate Resource Needs
May 30th, 2008
The Alliance for a Stronger FDA today applauded the increasing exchange of budget information between FDA and the Congress with regard to FDA's urgent programmatic needs. In particular, FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach last week sent Senator Arlen Spector (R-PA) an "assessment of immediate resource needs based on my professional judgment as the FDA Commissioner." "We are delighted by Commissioner von Eschenbach's decision to share his professional judgment on budget needs with the Congress," said Ellen Sigal, President of the Friends of Cancer Research. "The ability of NIH agencies to respond to such Congressional requests has been an important part of serving its...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-05-30)
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