Von Eschenbach testifies on ‘08 budget
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., welcomed increased FDA funding for "accessing additional databases for safety data, hiring more epidemiologists to evaluate these databases and improving the adverse event reporting system," at a Feb. 28 House Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on FDA's fiscal 2008 budget request. Testifying before the subcommittee, FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach discussed the $7.2 million increase request for CDRH, emphasizing postmarket safety activities (1"The Gray Sheet" Feb. 12, 2007, p. 3)...