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FDA pursues additional funding to improve safety of medical products
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The FDA has requested $4.9 billion from the federal budget for the 2016 fiscal year, representing a 9% increase in the agency’s current budget.
The proposed budget includes requests for additional funding to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act ($109.5 million), improve the safety and quality of medical products ($33.2 million) and develop a more modern FDA ($5 million).
Margaret A. Hamburg
The request “reflects the FDA’s commitment to fulfill the mandates of groundbreaking legislation passed in recent years, which has given the agency increased regulatory responsibilities,” according to a press release.
“This budget accurately reflects the challenges FDA faces in a global regulatory environment, which is becoming increasingly complex and scientifically demanding,” FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, said in the release. “As FDA’s mission expands on several fronts – from the regulation of tobacco products to supporting the development of personalized medicine to ushering in a new era of food safety – we must possess the resources to run a modern agency that fosters innovation and ensures the safest possible drug and food supply for the American people.”