Safety program gets budget boost.(Regulations & FDA)

Funding for the FY 2006 FDA budget includes a proposed 24% increase by the President for the FDA's post-market safety program. This is to help further ensure that America's pharmaceutical supply is safe, effective, and of the highest quality, FDA officials told Congress earlier this month.

In lengthy testimony before the US House Committee on Government Reform, Steven Galson MD MPH, Acting Director, FDA Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, said that under this proposal, the Office of Drug Safety (ODS) "would receive increased funding to expand the Agency's ability to