Gottlieb Wants Timely Approval Of User Fee Bill, Balanced LDT Plan
Executive Summary
FDA Commissioner-nominee Scott Gottlieb was approved by the Senate HELP committee April 27, sending his confirmation to the full Senate. Written responses from Gottlieb to senators' questions provided in advance of the vote don't hold any big surprises, but they provide a view into priorities of the incoming official and the lawmakers, including quick user-fee reauthorization, resolving the lab-developed test oversight debate, off-label and "right-to-try" issues and post-market surveillance.
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