With the president's signature of the 21st Century Cures Act, US FDA has $20m in FY 2017 to begin carrying out a multitude of reforms in the law. Meanwhile, the regular budget appropriated by Congress will remain at 2016 levels through April. But as of Dec. 14, device center director Jeff Shuren said he did not know the amounts specifically that would go to his center. And now FDA supporters wonder if the Cures dollars will be tapped to do regular agency work.
Following President Obama's of the 21st Century Cures bill into law Dec. 13, FDA's device center has a broad array of reforms to implement.
The center can rely on some portion of an "FDA Innovation Account" in the Cures bill, including $20m for FY...