House Subcommittee sets $2.571B mark for FDA in FY 2011

07/03/2010

The Chairman’s Mark from the House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee released this week would give the FDA $2.571 Billion for FY 2011, $55 million more than the administration’s budget request for FY2011 and $214 million than this year. 
 
Subcommittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) praised the agency but voiced her continued concerns over drug safety, saying the appropriation would go, in part, toward inspecting foreign drug making facilities.
 
“We have also included report language ... on the status of developing standards for a track and trace system for prescription drugs, one that would document all parties involved in the prior sale, purchase, and trade of a given prescription drug beginning with the manufacturer,” DeLauro said. “This is critical to improving the security of the drug supply chain from counterfeit or other substandard products and to protecting consumers.”

For more on drug safety, visit the Pew Prescription Project’s Securing a Safe Drug Supply.