MDUFA V: US FDA Staff Could See September Lay-Off Notices

The notices normally would go out on 1 August, but unspent user fee funds may be able to sustain work for a few weeks if the program expires.

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Stakeholders are waiting for legislators to return to the negotiating table and complete the FDA user fee reauthorization bill. • Source: Shutterstock

Lay-off notices for US Food and Drug Administration employees are expected to go out in about a month, rather than this week, if the impasse holding up the user fee reauthorization is not resolved.

The agency told Medtech Insight that it has targeted early September to notify employees of the potential consequences of no user fee program extension. Should Congress fail to renew the...

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