House Budget Reconciliation Bill Includes $150M For FDA IT Upgrades
Executive Summary
The US regulatory agency would get $300m, of which half would be to modernize its IT systems. Recently, it’s run into some disagreement with industry after using user fees to pay for some upgrades.
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