The omnibus spending package moving through Congress would block FDA from transferring any money to the Reagan-Udall Foundation, the research institution created by the FDA Amendments Act.
The FDAAA. which implemented a slew of new policies while reauthorizing industry user fees, stipulates that FDA provide between $500,000 and $1.25 million per year to the Reagan-Udall Foundation. But the omnibus appropriations bill specifically blocks FDA from transferring any money to the foundation.
The prime mover behind this is Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) (who chairs the appropriations subcommittee that funds FDA). Ms. DeLauro believes the Reagan-Udall Foundation “has the potential of endorsing the approval of drugs and devices based on lower standards for safety and efficacy, and without appropriately designed clinical trials.â€
That is just absurd. When a senior member of Congress can blatantly accuse the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry of wanting to lower standards for drug development and review, it illustrates just how low a point we have reached. It’s just the absolute nadir. A new low in politics trumping public health.
A 21st century Scopes Monkey Trial.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 11:29
The FDAAA. which implemented a slew of new policies while reauthorizing industry user fees, stipulates that FDA provide between $500,000 and $1.25 million per year to the Reagan-Udall Foundation. But the omnibus appropriations bill specifically blocks FDA from transferring any money to the foundation.
The prime mover behind this is Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) (who chairs the appropriations subcommittee that funds FDA). Ms. DeLauro believes the Reagan-Udall Foundation “has the potential of endorsing the approval of drugs and devices based on lower standards for safety and efficacy, and without appropriately designed clinical trials.â€
That is just absurd. When a senior member of Congress can blatantly accuse the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry of wanting to lower standards for drug development and review, it illustrates just how low a point we have reached. It’s just the absolute nadir. A new low in politics trumping public health.
A 21st century Scopes Monkey Trial.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 11:29
