FDA’s Woodcock Pitches Large IT Modernization Plan

06 Jul 2021

In a new blogpost the US FDA acting commissioner says millions of extra dollars in President Joe Biden’s recently proposed budget would help integrate the agency’s IT systems and improve efficiencies.

WHITE OAK, MD - JULY 20: A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) — (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Janet Woodcock, acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, says the recently proposed budget request to Congress includes much-needed upgrades to the agency’s IT systems to help integrate various product centers.

The Biden administration proposed in May a $6.5bn budget for the FDA that would increase the agency’s budget by 8%...