A bipartisan group of House appropriations committee members criticized the current policy of FDA user fee revenue being captured by the mandatory budget cuts.
Support to remove FDA user fees from the budget sequester appears to be growing, and the effort is being boosted by comparing it to a recent deal allowing Federal Aviation Administration to avoid furloughs.
A bipartisan group of House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Subcommittee members is concerned about some of FDA’s user fees, which are paid by industry, being left “in the bank” and “sitting
The World Health Organization is seeking input from stakeholders to create an official definition of the term ‘diagnostics.’ This initiative follows a 2023 resolution aimed at enhancing global diagnostics capacity; the definition, it is hoped, will help drive the creation of effective health policies. Comments will be accepted until 23 May.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is asking the public to help cut waste across the government’s health agencies. Kennedy announced a 60-day comment period allowing the public to take part in a broader federal initiative to reduce regulations and increase transparency.
The intricate assembly of medical devices, often involving over 1,000 globally sourced components, faces severe disruption due to new US tariffs. These barriers could halt production and devastate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), MedTech Europe’s CEO, Oliver Bisazza, warns in an interview with Medtech Insight.
