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FDA’s User Fee Agreement heads to Congress

by Jeffrey Clark on January 19, 2012

A final agreement between the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry on user fees for prescription, generic and biosimilar drugs was submitted for approval by Congress. “At a time of greater budgetary constraint, user fees provide a critical way for leveraging appropriated dollars, ensuring that the FDA has the resources needed to conduct reviews in a timely fashion,” FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said.

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