Capitol Hill In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
MDUFMA oversight: Senate HELP Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) is committed to ensuring that FDA receives the maximum funding needed to implement the Medical Device User Fee & Modernization Act, health counsel Steve Irizarry affirms at the Banc of America Securities Washington Healthcare Policy meeting May 7. "It's something that is apparently important to the Administration, to the FDA and to my boss, and we'll do everything we can, particularly my boss, [who] is an appropriator, to make sure FDA gets the requisite amounts," Irizarry pledged...
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