Regulatory Issues

President proposes increase in medical device budget for FY 2005

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 29th, 2004

President Bush's budget request for the medical device program of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for fiscal year (FY) 2005 (Oct. 1, 2004, to Sept. 30, 2005) totals $216.7 million in budget authority, an increase of $25.6 million over the FY 2004 level.

This increase will ensure that the FDA succeeds in meeting the ambitious performance goals negotiated with the medical device industry for prompt review of safe and effective medical devices so that patients can enjoy the benefits of those products sooner. These funds will strengthen the medical device review process and enable FDA to fully apply medical device user fees to the review of medical device...

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