House Panel Approves FDA Funding Bill With $6 Mil. Cut For Device Programs
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2013 Agriculture/FDA funding bill June 19, including $317 million in appropriations for device oversight activities, $2 million shy of what the counterpart Senate committee passed in April.
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